usance

Example Sentences

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The plea of long usance would avail him little; another fine would be imposed.

From West African studies by Kingsley, Mary Henrietta

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 Defoe, Daniel

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

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 Dasent, George Webbe

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