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Accepted or habitual practice
Answer for the clue "Accepted or habitual practice ", 6 letters:
usance
Alternative clues for the word usance
- Proper attitude when time has passed for agreed period of exchange
- Customary bill-payment time
- (commerce) the period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange)
- American expert retains name for former employment
- Benefits of wealth, in economics
- Income from ownership of wealth
- Bill-payment period
- Shylock's interest
Word definitions for usance in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange) (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; "the consumption of energy has increased ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Usance refers to the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs. In manufacturing, "usance" means "inputs." It is used in "usance bills." This terminology is used in banks in India, when dealing with forex . In medieval banking , "usance" denoted the ...
Usage examples of usance.
Bills well in advance of the expiration of their usance, as this will give the payer more time to make arrangements to deliver the specie.