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
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.
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Source: Wiktionary
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
7 May 2025
(noun) a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents; “he sent a runner over with the contract”
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
