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noun
The length of time permitted for the payment of a bill of exchange.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Use.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Customary or habitual usage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The interest paid on a borrowed sum, usury.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
accepted or habitual practice
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: custom, usage
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Broader terms: practice, pattern, survival
Narrower terms: Americanism, Anglicism, Britishism, consuetude, couvade, Germanism, habit, use, hijab, ritual, rite
noun
(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: consumption, economic consumption, use, use of goods and services
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Broader terms: demand
Narrower terms: conspicuous consumption
noun
the period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: time period, period of time, period
History
Inherited from Middle English usaunce, from Old French usance.
Across languages
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