usance

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 ]