HANSE
/hæns/
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Definition
/hæns/
noun
- A merchant guild, particularly the Fellowship of London Merchants (the "Old Hanse") given a monopoly on London's foreign trade by the Normans or its successor, the Company of Merchant Adventurers (the "New Hanse"), incorporated in 1497 and chartered under Henry VII and Elizabeth I.
- The rights and privileges of such guilds, particularly their trade monopolies.
- A commercial association of Scottish free burghs in the Middle Ages.
noun
- The guildhall of a Hanse.
- A fee payable to the Hanse, particularly its entrance fee and the impost levied on non-members trading in its area.
noun
- That part of an elliptical or many-centred arch which has the shorter radius and immediately adjoins the impost.
Source: Wiktionary
