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usage

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  1. habit                 
 
us.age \'yu:-sij, -zij\ n 1a: customary practice or procedure  1b: a 
   uniform certain reasonable lawful practice existing in a particular l 
   ocality or occupation and binding persons entering into transactions 
   chiefly on the basis of presumed familiarity 1c: the way in which words and 
   phrases are actually used (as in a particula r form or sense) in a language 
   community 2a: the action or amount of using  2b: manner of treating