About The Word Usance
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Usance
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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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