usance
Origin of usance
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How to use usance in a sentence
He lends out money gratis, and brings down The rate of usance here with us in Venice.
William Shakespere, of Stratford-on-Avon | Scott SurteesThe term "usance" is sometimes employed to express the period of running in foreign bills.
The Gentleman's Model Letter-writer | AnonymousThe plea of long usance would avail him little; another fine would be imposed.
West African studies | Mary Henrietta KingsleyIn foreign bills, the term usance is sometimes employed to express the period of running in foreign bills.
A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume II (of 2) | Johann BeckmanHe knew that a debt to folly bears no grace, and was ready with his principal and usance.
When Knighthood Was in Flower | Charles Major
British Dictionary definitions for usance
/ (ˈjuːzəns) /
Origin of usance
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