usance

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The usance of wealth and the service of laborers at the moment rendered constitute forms of income.

From Modern Economic Problems Economics Volume II by Fetter, Frank Albert

He vindictively, however, raised his customary "rate of usance," and swore in his own hardened heart that the needy borrowers of Delhi should recoup him fully before a year.

From A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story by Savage, Richard

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

I heard that there followed hard on the jewels Two braces of stallions of striking resemblance, 20 Dappled and yellow; he granted him usance Of horses and treasures.

From Beowulf An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem by Hall, Lesslie

When the steed recovered, bold Siegfried took on a frightful usance in the fray.

From The Nibelungenlied by Shumway, Daniel Bussier