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chievance

chievance noun: an unlawful bargain; trade in which money is extorted as discount.

Noun

chievance (plural chievances)

  1. (obsolete) An unlawful bargain; trade in which money is extorted as discount.
    • There were good laws against usury, the bastard use of money; and against unlawful chievances and exchanges, which is bastard usury.1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret...

Forms of chievance

pluralchievances

Origin of chievance

From Old French chevance (“property”), equivalent to chevisance, from chevir (“to accomplish”). See chevisance.

Questions about chievance

What does chievance mean?
Chievance means an unlawful bargain; trade in which money is extorted as discount.
What part of speech is chievance?
Chievance is a noun.
What is the plural of chievance?
The plural of chievance is chievances.

Words near chievance in the dictionary

  1. Chieri
  2. Chiers
  3. chies
  4. Chieti
  5. chiev
  6. chievance
  7. chievances
  8. Chieveley
  9. chievo
  10. Chieșd
  11. Chifeng

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