usance

(yo̵̅o̅zəns)

noun

  1. the time allowed for the payment of a foreign bill of exchange, as established by custom
  2. Obsolete
    1. use
    2. usage
    3. usury

Origin: ME < MFr < usant, prp. of user: see use

See usance in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. The length of time, established by custom and varying between countries, that is allowed for payment of a foreign bill of exchange.
  2. Use.
  3. Usage; custom.
  4. Interest paid on borrowed money.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English, usage

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , probably from Vulgar Latin *ūsantia

Origin: , from *ūsāns, *ūsant-

Origin: , present participle of *ūsāre

Origin: , frequentative of Latin ūtī

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