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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
- Shylock's interest
- Customary bill-payment time
- (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
- (commerce) the period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange)
- Interest of a sort
- Bill-payment period
- Deferred payment term
- Country church accepts new time to pay foreign bills
Word definitions for usance in dictionaries
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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 ...
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.