usance
Example Sentences
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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 G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
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 G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
Be warned that unless the 8 shillings and the usance thereof be forthcoming, the town-crier shall notify the sale of the sundry articles named.
From Shakespeare's Insomnia, and the Causes Thereof by Franklin H. (Franklin Harvey) Head
And two usance is two months; reckoning not from the acceptance of the bill, but from the date of it.
From The Complete English Tradesman (1839 ed.) by Daniel Defoe
He knew that a debt to folly bears no grace, and was ready with his principal and usance.
From When Knighthood Was in Flower or, the Love Story of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor the King's Sister, and Happening in the Reign of His August Majesty King Henry the Eighth by Charles Major
