Usance /(?)/

Us·ance

Usance

n.
  1. Use; usage; employment. [Obs.]
  2. Custom; practice; usage. [Obs.]
  3. Interest paid for money; usury. [Obs.]
  4. 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. (Com.)