Category:Usance

Us"ance, n. Etym: [f. See use, v. t.]

1. Use; usage; employment. [obs.] Spenser.

2. Custom; practice; usage. [obs.] Gower. Chaucer.

3. Interest paid for money; usury. [obs.] Shak.

4. (com.)

Defn: 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.