usance

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Usance between London and Hamburgh is two months, Venice is three months; and double usance, or two usance, is double that time.

From The Complete English Tradesman (1839 ed.) by Defoe, Daniel

I'll lend no money gratis and bring down the rate of usance.

From A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties by Major, Charles

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

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

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