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usance

/yoo-zuhns/US // ˈyu zəns //UK // (ˈjuːzəns) //

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : 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. use. custom; habit.
    • : Obsolete. usury.

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Examples

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

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

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

  • In foreign bills, the term usance is sometimes employed to express the period of running in foreign bills.

  • He knew that a debt to folly bears no grace, and was ready with his principal and usance.