- usance - the period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange)
--1 is a kind of time period, period of time, period
- consumption, economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services - (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; "the consumption of energy has increased steadily"
--2 is a kind of demand
--2 has particulars: conspicuous consumption- custom, usage, usance - accepted or habitual practice
--3 is a kind of practice, pattern; survival
--3 has particulars:Americanism; Anglicism, Britishism; consuetude; couvade; Germanism; habit, use, wont; hijab; ritual, rite Derived form: verb use5 - consumption, economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services - (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; "the consumption of energy has increased steadily"