Definition of usage

• n. - The act of using; mode of using or treating; treatment; conduct with respect to a person or a thing; as, good usage; ill usage; hard usage.
• n. - Manners; conduct; behavior.
• n. - Long-continued practice; customary mode of procedure; custom; habitual use; method.
• n. - Customary use or employment, as of a word or phrase in a particular sense or signification.
• n. - Experience.