usage

n. use, employment; handling; custom, practice, convention

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Noun
1. the act of using; "he warned against the use of narcotic drugs"; "skilled in the utilization of computers"
(synonym) use, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise
(hypernym) activity
(hyponym) practice
(derivation) use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
2. accepted or habitual practice
(synonym) custom, usance
(hypernym) practice, pattern
(hyponym) Americanism
(derivation) use

n. use, employment, practice; wear, custom; purpose, usage

adj. used, second hand, worn

(n.)
The act of using; mode of using or treating; treatment; conduct with respect to a person or a thing; as, good usage; ill usage; hard usage.
  

(n.)
Manners; conduct; behavior.
  

(n.)
Long-continued practice; customary mode of procedure; custom; habitual use; method.
  

(n.)
Experience.
  

(n.)
Customary use or employment, as of a word or phrase in a particular sense or signification.