USANCE

custom, usage, usance

(noun) accepted or habitual practice

consumption, economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services

(noun) (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; “the consumption of energy has increased steadily”

usance

(noun) the period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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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.

Anagrams

• Cesuna, uncase

Source: Wiktionary

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Us"ance, n. Etym: [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.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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