单词 | usance |
例句 | He lends out money gratis, and brings down The rate of usance here with us in Venice. William Shakespere, of Stratford-on-Avon His Epitaph Unearthed, and the Author of the Plays run to Ground 2012-03-29T02:00:13.153Z The plea of long usance would avail him little; another fine would be imposed. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z The term "usance" is sometimes employed to express the period of running in foreign bills. The Gentleman's Model Letter-writer A Complete Guide to Correspondence on All Subjects, with Commercial Forms 2011-12-08T03:00:29.427Z I have not wanted good words, and exceeding kind and regardful usance. Great Ralegh 2011-08-16T02:00:43.100Z The customer himself who buys cotton in Bombay, or wherever it may be, acts according to the custom there to draw a bill to a certain usance. Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted 2011-02-01T03:00:14.553Z But it has been a tiresome business, with its investigation of titles and rights of usance, and court copyhold fines, and—Bother the business, it has taken up no end of time. The Vast Abyss The Story of Tom Blount, his Uncles and his Cousin Sam "Ah, no, sir; never, sir, do I forget the green fairy for the great musician, sir," was the answer, evidently a set one, its polite angles worn away by daily usance. Melomaniacs It means a certain time fixed by custom as between any two places, and the period covered by a usance will therefore depend on the places of drawing and payment. The Gentleman's Model Letter-writer A Complete Guide to Correspondence on All Subjects, with Commercial Forms 2011-12-08T03:00:29.427Z I'll lend no money gratis and bring down the rate of usance. A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties They wanted me, forsooth, To lend you, at the lawful rate of usance, For the state's needs. The Universal Reciter 81 Choice Pieces of Rare Poetical Gems Where the "usance"—the time the bill has to run—is only a few days, documents are apt to be deliverable only on payment of the bills. Elements of Foreign Exchange A Foreign Exchange Primer This man, then, having, after the usance of merchants, laid his plans, bought a great ship and freighting it all of his own monies with divers merchandise, repaired therewith to Cyprus. The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio In fact the law of debtor and creditor, and of borrowing money at usance, was well understood in Iceland, from the very first day that the Northmen set foot on its shores. The story of Burnt Njal From the Icelandic of the Njals Saga He knew that a debt to folly bears no grace, and was ready with his principal and usance. When Knighthood Was in Flower or, the Love Story of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor the King's Sister, and Happening in the Reign of His August Majesty King Henry the Eighth And two usance is two months; reckoning not from the acceptance of the bill, but from the date of it. The Complete English Tradesman (1839 ed.) I hate him, for he is a Christian: But more, for that, in low simplicity, He lends out money gratis, and brings down The rate of usance here with us in Venice. Shakespeare's play of the Merchant of Venice Arranged for Representation at the Princess's Theatre, with Historical and Explanatory Notes by Charles Kean, F.S.A. In our city, then, which hath ever abounded in various fashions and strange folk, there was once, no great while since, a painter called Calandrino, a simple-witted man and of strange usances. The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio The solemn bore, who holds that speech Was given us to prose and preach, And not for lighter usance, Straight should be sent to Coventry; Or omnium concensu, be Indicted as a nuisance. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 335, October 11, 1828 He it was who prepared their bonds and contracts, and placed out their ill-gotten gains at exorbitant usance. The Star-Chamber, Volume 1 An Historical Romance Usance between London and Hamburgh is two months, Venice is three months; and double usance, or two usance, is double that time. The Complete English Tradesman (1839 ed.) The usance of wealth and the service of laborers at the moment rendered constitute forms of income. Modern Economic Problems Economics Volume II For its usance I send a package of a new herb from the Chesapeake, called by the natives tobacco. Shakespeare's Insomnia, and the Causes Thereof Still, like a spreading ulcer, which leech-craft may not cure, Let your foul usance eat away the substance of the poor. Lays of Ancient Rome I know him," the king said, "and have bought many rare articles of his handiwork, and more than once when I have needed it have had monies from him on usance. At Agincourt Usance payable at Florence or Leghorn, is two months; but from thence payable at London, usance is three months. The Complete English Tradesman (1839 ed.) A wage-worker may be permitted to sell his daily net fund of working power—his usance—but not his life. Modern Economic Problems Economics Volume II Be warned that unless the 8 shillings and the usance thereof be forthcoming, the town-crier shall notify the sale of the sundry articles named. Shakespeare's Insomnia, and the Causes Thereof "Many a time and oft In the Rialto you have ____ me About my moneys and my usances." The Century Vocabulary Builder He vindictively, however, raised his customary "rate of usance," and swore in his own hardened heart that the needy borrowers of Delhi should recoup him fully before a year. A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story Everything in it, tolerable or intolerable, will have but one use; and that use what our ancestors used to call usance or usury. Utopia of Usurers and Other Essays Equally good house usance would cost more in nearly all towns, and much more in larger cities. Modern Economic Problems Economics Volume II I hate him for he is a Christian; But more for that in low simplicity He lends out money gratis, and brings down The rate of usance here with us in Venice. The Merchant of Venice Shylock the Jew, says, "Signor Antonio, many a time and oft In the Rialto have you rated me About my monies and usances; Still have I borne it with a patient shrug." The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals When the steed recovered, bold Siegfried took on a frightful usance in the fray. The Nibelungenlied |
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