Achievement; deed; performance. [Obs.] Fortune, the foe of famous chevisance. Spenser.
A bargain; profit; gain. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
A making of contracts.
A bargain or contract; an agreement about a matter in dispute, such as a debt; a business compact.
An unlawful agreement or contract.
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