Thesaurus: usance

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1. v. t. Use; usage; employment.
2. v. t. Custom; practice; usage.
3. v. t. Interest paid for money; usury.
4. v. t. 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.
5. n. the period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange)
6. n. (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
7. n. accepted or habitual practice
8. 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.
9. The time, fixed variously by the usage between differentcountries, when a bill of exchange is payable; as, a bill drawn onLondon at one usance, or at double usance.
10. n. the period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange)