Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Accomplishment; achievement; result; outcome.
- noun Means.
- noun A bargain; negotiation for a loan; a loan.
- noun Profit; gain.
- noun In law: A making of contracts; agreement.
- noun An unlawful agreement or contract.
- noun An agreement or a composition, as an end or order set down between a creditor and his debtor.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Achievement; deed; performance.
- noun obsolete A bargain; profit; gain.
- noun A making of contracts.
- noun A bargain or contract; an agreement about a matter in dispute, such as a debt; a business compact.
- noun An unlawful agreement or contract.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete
Help ,remedy ; aresource orsolution . - noun obsolete The raising of
money ; money raised or lent for some purpose. - noun obsolete
Chivalrous adventure. - noun obsolete A
bargain orcontract ; anagreement about a matter indispute , such as adebt ; abusiness compact . - noun obsolete An
unlawful agreement or contract.
Etymologies
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From Old French chevisance, from chevir. The 'chivalrous adventure' sense is thought to be first used by Edmund Spenser, who incorrectly linked chevisance to Old French chevalerie ("chivalry").
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Examples
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Hereat she cried, "By Allah, O my lord, the wrong was with my mate and not with thee; but the Decreed chevisance doth need, nor is there flight from it indeed; so do thou abide content.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
chained_bear commented on the word chevisance
"fr. enterprise, feat, achievement."
October 10, 2008