usance
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Equally good house usance would cost more in nearly all towns, and much more in larger cities.
From Modern Economic Problems Economics Volume II by Fetter, Frank Albert
I know him," the king said, "and have bought many rare articles of his handiwork, and more than once when I have needed it have had monies from him on usance.
From At Agincourt by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
This man, then, having, after the usance of merchants, laid his plans, bought a great ship and freighting it all of his own monies with divers merchandise, repaired therewith to Cyprus.
From The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Payne, John
Everything in it, tolerable or intolerable, will have but one use; and that use what our ancestors used to call usance or usury.
From Utopia of Usurers and Other Essays by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
The term "usance" is sometimes employed to express the period of running in foreign bills.
From The Gentleman's Model Letter-writer A Complete Guide to Correspondence on All Subjects, with Commercial Forms by Anonymous
