chevisance

Etymology
From, from. The 'chivalrous adventure' sense is thought to be first used by Edmund Spenser, who incorrectly linked to Old French.

Noun

 * 1)  Help, remedy; a resource or solution.
 * 2)  The raising of money; money raised or lent for some purpose.
 * 3)  Chivalrous adventure.
 * 4) * 1600,, The  of , Book IV, lxxxi:
 * Ah! be it not pardie declared in France, / Or elsewhere told where court'sy is in prize, // That we forsook so fair a chevisance, / For doubt or fear that might from fight arise.
 * 1)  A bargain or contract; an agreement about a matter in dispute, such as a debt; a business compact.
 * 2)  An unlawful agreement or contract.
 * 1)  An unlawful agreement or contract.

Noun

 * 1) sustenance