usance

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English

Noun

usance (countable and uncountable, plural usances)

  1. The length of time permitted for the payment of a bill of exchange.
  2. Use.
  3. Customary or habitual usage.
  4. 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 Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
      He lends out money gratis and brings down
      The rate of usance here with us in Venice.

Translations

use — see use
interest paid on borrowed sum — see interest

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Noun

usance f (plural usances)

  1. usury
  2. (obsolete) usage

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