Usage
MANNER IN WHICH A LANGUAGE IS ACTUALLY USED, E.G., REGIONALISMS, COLLOQUIALISM, JARGON, ETC., AND AS OPPOSED TO FORMAL MODELS OR PRESCRIPTIVE IDEALS
Usus; Common usage; Usage; Language usage
·noun Manners; conduct; behavior.
III. Usage ·noun Long-continued practice; customary mode of procedure; custom; habitual use; method.
IV. Usage ·noun Customary use or employment, as of a word or phrase in a particular sense or signification.
V. Usage ·noun 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.