usance
Example Sentences
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They wanted me, forsooth, To lend you, at the lawful rate of usance, For the state's needs.
From The Universal Reciter 81 Choice Pieces of Rare Poetical Gems by Various
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
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 George Webbe Dasent
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
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
