usance
[noun]
Synonyms: use, appliance, application, employment, operation, play

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usance noun. ['ju:z(ǝ)ns] LME.
[Old French from Proto-Romance (medieval Latin usantia, -cia), from base of USE verb: see -ANCE.]
1. Habitual, usual, or customary practice or behaviour; an instance of this. Also = USAGE 3. arch. LME.

2. The time allowed by commercial usage or law for the payment of (esp. foreign) bills of exchange. Orig. in at usance. L15.

3. a. The practice or fact of lending or borrowing money at interest. rare. L16-E17.
b. = INTEREST noun 10. arch. L16.

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