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Noun usance has 3 senses

usance - the period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange)
--₁ is a kind of time period, period of time, period
consumption, economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services - (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; "the consumption of energy has increased steadily"
--₂ is a kind of demand
--₂ has particulars: conspicuous consumption
custom, usage, usance - accepted or habitual practice
--₃ is a kind of practice, pattern; survival
--₃ has particulars:
Americanism; Anglicism, Britishism; consuetude; couvade; Germanism; habit, use, wont; hijab; ritual, rite

Derived form: verb use₅