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noun

Usance n.

Use; usage; employment. (Obs.)

Custom; practice; usage. (Obs.)

Interest paid for money; usury. (Obs.)

(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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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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Words linked to "Usance" : consuetude, economic science, practice, use of goods and services, time period, pattern, commerce, mercantilism, Anglicism, economic consumption, use, economics, habit, usage, ritual, Germanism, commercialism, Americanism, survival, rite, political economy, period of time, conspicuous consumption, Britishism, demand, custom