USANCE

usance. Usance, [u as yu] n. use, usury, interest for money, a space

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Us″ance (?), n. [[F. See Use, v. t.]] 1. 1. Use; usage; employment. Spenser.
2. 2. Custom; practice; usage. Gower. Chaucer.
3. 3. Interest paid for money; usury. Shak.
4. 4. (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.