usance
See also: Usance
English
Noun
usance (countable and uncountable, plural usances)
- The length of time permitted for the payment of a bill of exchange.
- Use.
- Customary or habitual usage.
- The interest paid on a borrowed sum, usury.
- 1605, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
- He lends out money gratis and brings down / The rate of usance here with us in Venice.
- 1605, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
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