'Usance' definitions:

Definition of 'usance'

From: WordNet
noun
The period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange)
noun
(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; "the consumption of energy has increased steadily" [syn: consumption, economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services]
noun
Accepted or habitual practice [syn: custom, usage, usance]

Definition of 'Usance'

From: GCIDE
  • Usance \Us"ance\, n. [F. See Use, v. t.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. Use; usage; employment. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Custom; practice; usage. [Obs.] --Gower. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Interest paid for money; usury. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Com.) The time, fixed variously by the usage between different countries, when a bill of exchange is payable; as, a bill drawn on London at one usance, or at double usance. [1913 Webster]