usage

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

us·age (yo͞oʹsĭj, -zĭj)n.
1.
a. The act, manner, or amount of using; use:
the usage of a technical term; an instrument that measures water usage.
b. The act or manner of treating; treatment:
subjected the car to rough usage.
2. A usual, habitual, or accepted practice. See Synonyms at habit.
3. The way in which words or phrases are actually used, spoken, or written in a speech community.
4. A particular expression in speech or writing:
a nonce usage. [Middle English, from Old French, from us, from Latin ūsus, from past participle of ūtī, to use.]

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  custom, usance, use, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise