Chevisance

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. Achievement; deed; performance. [Obs.] Fortune, the foe of famous chevisance. Spenser.

2. A bargain; profit; gain. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.

3. A making of contracts.

4. A bargain or contract; an agreement about a matter in dispute, such as a debt; a business compact.

5. An unlawful agreement or contract.