Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Usance \Us"ance\, n. [F. See {Use}, v. t.]
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1. Use; usage; employment. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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2. Custom; practice; usage. [Obs.] --Gower. Chaucer.
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3. Interest paid for money; usury. [Obs.] --Shak.
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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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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
usance
n 1: the period of time permitted by commercial usage for the
payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of
exchange)
2: (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy
needs or in manufacturing; "the consumption of energy has
increased steadily" [syn: {consumption}, {economic
consumption}, {usance}, {use}, {use of goods and services}]
3: accepted or habitual practice [syn: {custom}, {usage},
{usance}]
From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]:
usance /ysɑnsə/
custom; habit; way
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