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noun
Provision(s), supply.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
Booty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
Remedy, resource, expedient, means of helping oneself.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
The raising of money (by a borrower, by some expedient).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, derogatory, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
The furnishing of money (by a lender) for profit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, derogatory, obsolete, often, uncountable
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noun
A contract or agreement (about a matter in dispute, such as a debt); in particular, an unlawful contract intended to evade laws against usury.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
Chivalrous adventure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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History
From Old French chevisance, from chevir (“provide”). The 'chivalrous adventure' sense is thought to be first used by Edmund Spenser, who incorrectly linked chevisance to Old French chevalerie (“chivalry”).
