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usage nounthe action of using something or the fact of being used : a survey of water usage | the usage of equipment.• the way in which a word or phrase is normally and correctly used.• habitual or customary practice, esp. as creating a right, obligation, or standard.ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense [customary practice] ): from Old French, from us ‘a use’ (see use ).