Definitions for usance

Overview of noun usance

The noun usance has 3 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. usance

(the period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange))

2. consumption, economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services

((economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; "the consumption of energy has increased steadily")

3. custom, usage, usance

(accepted or habitual practice)