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Shylock's interest
Answer for the clue "Shylock's interest ", 6 letters:
usance
Alternative clues for the word usance
- American expert retains name for former employment
- 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)
- Loan-repayment time period
- Application: arch
- (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
- Accepted or habitual practice
- Income from ownership of wealth
Word definitions for usance in dictionaries
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The length of time permitted for the payment of a bill of exchange. 2 use. 3 customary or habitual usage. 4 The interest payed on a borrowed sum, usury.
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.