usance

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Usance payable at Florence or Leghorn, is two months; but from thence payable at London, usance is three months.

From The Complete English Tradesman (1839 ed.) by Defoe, Daniel

Item, I have made you over by exchange with Benynge Decasonn, Lombard, 180 nobles sterling, payable at usance.

From Medieval People by Power, Eileen Edna

In fact the law of debtor and creditor, and of borrowing money at usance, was well understood in Iceland, from the very first day that the Northmen set foot on its shores.

From The story of Burnt Njal From the Icelandic of the Njals Saga by Dasent, George Webbe

He it was who prepared their bonds and contracts, and placed out their ill-gotten gains at exorbitant usance.

From The Star-Chamber, Volume 1 An Historical Romance by Ainsworth, William Harrison

Usance between London and Hamburgh is two months, Venice is three months; and double usance, or two usance, is double that time.

From The Complete English Tradesman (1839 ed.) by Defoe, Daniel