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Entry 4 senses Webster, 1913

Usance

· Us·ance · IPA
01 n. Use; usage; employment.
  1. 1.
    Use; usage; employment.[Obs.]
  2. 2.
    Custom; practice; usage.[Obs.]
  3. 3.
    Interest paid for money; usury.[Obs.]
  4. 4.
    The time, fixed variously by the usage between different countries, when a bill of exchange is payable; as, a bill drawn on London at one usance, or at double usance.(Com.)