Loan-repayment time period

• American expert retains name for former employment
• Country church accepts new time to pay foreign bills
• (commerce) the period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange)
• Proper attitude when time has passed for agreed period of exchange
• Accepted or habitual practice
• Deferred payment term

Wiktionary 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.

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...