Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CHEV'I-SANCE, n. [s as z. Fr. chevir, to come to the end, to perform, to prevail, from chef, the head, literally the end. See Chief and Achieve.]

1. Achievement; deed; performance; enterprise accomplished. [Obs.] – Spenser.
2. In law, a making of contracts; a bargain. – Stat. 13 Eliz. 7.
3. An unlawful agreement or contract. – 21 Jam. 17.
4. An agreement or composition, as an end or order set down between a creditor and his debtor. – Encyc.