Dictionary entry

Chevisance

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Chev″i‐sance (?), n. [Of. chevisance, chevissance, fr. chevircome to an end, perform, fr. chef head, end, from L. caput head. See Chieve, Chief.]

1. Achievement; deed; performance.

Fortune, the foe of famous chevisance.

Spenser.

2. A bargain; profit; gain. Piers Plowman.

3. (O. Eng. Law) (a) A making of contracts. (b) A bargain or contract; an agreement about a matter in dispute, such as a debt; a business compact. (c) An unlawful agreement or contract.