usuage

Noun

usuage (countable and uncountable, plural usuages)

1. (engineering and services) usage; consumption or utilisation
   • Domestic consumption averaged at about 50% and industrial consumption at about 30% of the total consumption showing predominance of household usuage. A better industrial usuage is unlikely to be achieved from rural electrification.1980, Electric Energy Conference 80, Institution of Engineers, Australia. National Committee on Electric Power Engineering, Electricity Supply Engineers Association of New South Wales, →ISBN, page 175
   • On the validity of this slogan we do have some evidence; studies of library usuage indicate rather clearly that the library is not, in fact, the heart of the instructional program — that use of the library by students is mainly confined to assigned readings.1958, Norman Burns, "M-P PLANS AND PROJECTS", Merrill-Palmer Quarterly (1954-1958), vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 120–121. JSTOR