Chievance

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chievance \Chiev"ance\, n. [OF. chevance property, equiv. To
     chevisance, fr. chevir to accomplish. See {Chevisance}.]
     An unlawful bargain; traffic in which money is exported as
     discount. [Obs.] --Bacon.
     [1913 Webster]