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usage
usage /ˈjuːsɪdʒ, ˈjuːz-/ noun
 Word Family: noun: usage, use, disuse, misuse, reuse, usefulnessuselessness, user; adjective: reusable, used ≠ unused, disused, usefuluseless, usableunusable; verb: use, misuse, reuse; adverb: usefullyuselessly
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.