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usage
us‧age /ˈjuːsɪdʒ, ˈjuːz-/ noun
 Word Family: noun: usage, use, disuse, misuse, reuse, usefulness ≠ uselessness, user; adjective: reusable, used ≠ unused, disused, useful ≠ useless, usable ≠ unusable; verb: use, misuse, reuse; adverb: usefully ≠ uselessly
1. [uncountable and countable] the way that words are used in a language:
    a book on modern English usage
2. [uncountable] the way in which something is used, or the amount of it that is used:
    Water usage is increasing.