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Usance

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usenounTo utilize or employ.
consumptionnounThe act of eating, drinking or using.
economic consumptionnoun(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
use of goods and servicesnoun(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing

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usenounOccasion or need to employ; necessity.
consumptionnounThe act of eating, drinking or using.
economic consumptionnoun(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
use of goods and servicesnoun(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
time billnounA bill of exchange that is to be paid at some future date.
extensionnounThe act of extending; a stretching out; enlargement in length, breadth, or time; an increase.
creditnounReliance on the truth of something said or done; faith; trust.
time-billnounAlternative form of time bill. [A bill of exchange that is to be paid at some future date.]
leasenoun(formal, law) An interest in land granting exclusive use or occupation of real estate for a limited period; a leasehold.
avalnounSynonym of flattened rice.
time limitnounA time by which something must be finished.
term of yearsnounUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see term, year.
connusancenounAlternative form of conusance. [(law, obsolete) Cognizance.]
tenendumnoun(law) The clause in a deed wherein the tenure of the land is defined and limited.
abeyancenounSuspension; temporary suppression; dormant condition.
prescriptionnoun(medicine, pharmacy, pharmacology) A written order from an authorized medical practitioner for provision of a medicine or other treatment, such as (ophthalmology) the specific lenses needed for a pair of glasses.
fristnoun(UK dialectal) Time allotted for repayment; a term (in which a debt is to be repaid); a delay; respite; suspension.
borrowed timenoun(idiomatic) A period of time whose precise duration is not known but which can be expected to be quite limited, and at the end of which one's situation, benefits, or opportunities will be entirely terminated.
termnounThat which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary, terminus.
usurancenounThe act of usury

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