usance

usance is a 6-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Use; usage; employment. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 11 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. Use; usage; employment.
2. transitive verb. Custom; practice; usage.
3. transitive verb. Interest paid for money; usury.
4. transitive verb. 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.
5. noun. accepted or habitual practice

   Synonyms: custom, usage

6. noun. (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing

   "the consumption of energy has increased steadily"

   Synonyms: consumption, use

7. noun. the period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange)

Synonyms

custom, usage, consumption, use

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in usance:

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Common word forms

usances

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