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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, (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[edit]
use — see use
customary or habitual usage
interest paid on borrowed sum — see interest
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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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.