USANCE Definition & Meaning

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usance

[ yoo-zuhns ]

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noun

Commerce. a length of time, exclusive of days of grace and varying in different places, allowed by custom or usage for the payment of foreign bills of exchange.
Economics. the income of benefits of every kind derived from the ownership of wealth.
Archaic.
1. use.
2. custom; habit.
Obsolete. usury.

usance

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noun

commerce the period of time permitted by commercial usage for the redemption of foreign bills of exchange
rare.
unearned income
an obsolete word for usage usury use

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of usance¹

1350–1400; Middle English usaunce < Old French usance, probably < Medieval Latin ū��Գپ��, derivative of Latin ū��Գ�- (stem of ū��Բ� ), present participle of ū�� to use; -ance

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of usance¹

C14: from Old French, from Medieval Latin ū��Գپ��, from ū�� to use

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He lends out money gratis, and brings down The rate of usance here with us in Venice.

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The plea of long usance would avail him little; another fine would be imposed.

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The term "usance" is sometimes employed to express the period of running in foreign bills.

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I have not wanted good words, and exceeding kind and regardful usance.

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The customer himself who buys cotton in Bombay, or wherever it may be, acts according to the custom there to draw a bill to a certain usance.

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