usance
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The solemn bore, who holds that speech Was given us to prose and preach, And not for lighter usance, Straight should be sent to Coventry; Or omnium concensu, be Indicted as a nuisance.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 335, October 11, 1828 by Various
He lends out money gratis, and brings down The rate of usance here with us in Venice.
From William Shakespere, of Stratford-on-Avon His Epitaph Unearthed, and the Author of the Plays run to Ground by Scott Surtees
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 Richard Savage
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 Frank Albert Fetter
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 Daniel Defoe
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