USAGE

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from us use Date: 14th century 1. firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure, a uniform certain reasonable lawful practice existing in a particular locality or occupation and binding persons entering into transactions chiefly on the basis of presumed familiarity, the way in which words and phrases are actually used (as in a particular form or sense) in a language community, 2. the action, amount, or mode of using , manner of treating, see: habit