usage

Definition

Habit, practice.

Etymology

From Middle English usage, from Anglo-Norman and Old French usage.

Example Sentences

• "[S]everal young people sung sacred music in the churchyard at night, which it seems is an usage here."
• "Mrs. Wickam, agreeably to the usage of some ladies in her condition, pursued […] the subject, without any compunction."
• "Demand continues to increase, and in 2023-24 recorded usage was higher than pre-COVID, with 384,000 passenger journeys in total (of which 247,000 were at the town location). At the other end of the branch, Truro station had usage of 1.19 million, of which 255,000 were recorded as interchange passengers."