Us"ance (?), n. [F. See Use, v. t.]
1.
Use; usage; employment.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
2.
Custom; practice; usage.
[Obs.]
Gower. Chaucer.
3.
Interest paid for money; usury.
[Obs.]
Shak.
4. Com.
The time, fixed variously by the usage between different countries, when a bill of exchange is payable; as, a bill drawn on London at one usance, or at double usance.
© Webster 1913.