What does "usance" mean?
Usance: Custom; practice; usage. [Obs.] Gower. Chaucer.
Additional senses
- 2.Interest paid for money; usury. [Obs.] Shak.
- 3.(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.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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