usance
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See also: Usance
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]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.
- c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
- He lends out money gratis,and brings downe
The rate of vſance here with vs in Venice.
Translations
[edit]use — see use
customary or habitual usage
interest paid on borrowed sum — see interest
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]usance f (plural usances)
Further reading
[edit]- “usance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.