n. 25B6; noun
energy usage : USE, consumption, utilization.
the usage of equipment : USE, utilization, operation, manipulation, running, handling.
the intricacies of English usage : PHRASEOLOGY, parlance, idiom, way of speaking/writing, mode of expression; idiolect.
the usages of polite society : CUSTOM, practice, habit, tradition, convention, rule, observance; way, procedure, form; formal praxis, wont; ( usages ) mores.