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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
- Interest of a sort
- Loan-repayment time period
- (commerce) the period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange)
- Time allowance for bill payment
- Country church accepts new time to pay foreign bills
- Income from wealth ownership
- Deferred payment term
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 ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Usance \Us"ance\, n. [F. See Use , v. t.] Use; usage; employment. [Obs.] --Spenser. Custom; practice; usage. [Obs.] --Gower. Chaucer. Interest paid for money; usury. [Obs.] --Shak. (Com.) The time, fixed variously by the usage between different countries, ...
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.