chevisance
/CH EH1 V IH0 S AA1 N S/noun
- 1
(obsolete) Remedy, resource, expedient, means of helping oneself.
- 2
(obsolete) Provision(s), supply.
- 3
(obsolete) Booty.
- 4
(obsolete, chiefly derogatory) The raising of money (by a borrower, by some expedient).
- 5
(obsolete, often derogatory) The furnishing of money (by a lender) for profit.
- 6
(obsolete) A contract or agreement (about a matter in dispute, such as a debt); in particular, an unlawful contract intended to evade laws against usury.
- 7
(obsolete) Chivalrous adventure.
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