Found 2 items, similar to usance.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: usance usance n 1: the period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange) 2: (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; “the consumption of energy has increased steadily” [syn: consumption, economic consumption , use, use of goods and services] 3: accepted or habitual practice [syn: custom, usage]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Usance Usance \Us"ance\, n. [F. See Use, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. Use; usage; employment. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. Custom; practice; usage. [Obs.] --Gower. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 3. Interest paid for money; usury. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. (Com.) 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. [1913 Webster]