Usance

Usance

(1):

(v. t.) Custom; practice; usage.

(2):

(v. t.) Use; usage; employment.

(3):

(v. t.) 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.

(4):

(v. t.) Interest paid for money; usury.