usance
usance is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Custom; practice; usage. [Obs.] Gower. Chaucer.
- 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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- account
- and
- answer
- answerable
- arrear
- bad
- bail
- bill
- borrow
- borrower
- capital
- charge
- chargeable
- check
- constable
- contract
- credit
- debit
- debitor
- debt
- debtor
- deep
- deeply
- default
- defaulter
- deficit
- due
- fast
- floating
- for
- get
- head
- his
- incur
- indebted
- indebtedness
- indebtment
- insolvency
- insolvent
- interest
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is usance.
- What is custom; practice; usage. [Obs.] Gower. Chaucer called?
- What is interest paid for money; usury. [Obs.] Shak called?
- What is 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 called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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