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Usance

Usance Meaning & Definition
Usance Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Usance?

[n] accepted or habitual practice
[n] (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; "the consumption of energy has increased steadily"
[n] (commerce) the period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Usance: consumption | custom | economic consumption | usage | use | use of goods and services

Related Terms | Find terms related to Usance:

See Also | Americanism | Anglicism | Britishism | conspicuous consumption | consuetude | couvade | demand | Germanism | habit | pattern | period | period of time | practice | rite | ritual | time period | use | wont

Usance In Webster's Dictionary

\Us"ance\, n. [F. See {Use}, v. t.] 1. Use; usage; employment. [Obs.] --Spenser. 2. Custom; practice; usage. [Obs.] --Gower. Chaucer. 3. Interest paid for money; usury. [Obs.] --Shak. 4. (Com.) The time, fixed variously by the usage between different countries, when a bill of exchange is payable; as, a bill drawn on London at one usance, or at double usance.

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