usance
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 6
Definition of usance
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, uncountable)The length of time permitted for the payment of a bill of exchange.
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noun
- (countable, uncountable)The length of time permitted for the payment of a bill of exchange.
- (countable, uncountable)Use.
- (countable, uncountable)Customary or habitual usage.
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(countable, uncountable)The interest paid on a borrowed sum, usury.
“He lends out money gratis,and brings downe The rate of vſance here with vs in Venice.”
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Etymology
Inherited from Middle English usaunce, from Old French usance.
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