Usage

For equipment, such as a circuit or a switch, the ratio of the actual time in use to the available time during a 1-hour period. Note 1: Occupancy is usually expressed in percent. ...

usage

Software; Operating systems

The number of units or dollars of an inventory item consumed over a period of time.

usager

Language; Dictionaries

One who has the use of anything in trust for another.

usage

Law; Legal services; General law

A general, uniform, well-known course of conduct followed in a particular geographic area or type of business or trade. Usage is important in interpreting ambiguous contracts.

antecedent

Language; Grammar

An antecedent is a word, phrase or clause that determines what a pronoun that follows refers to.

adjunct

Language; Grammar

A type of adverbial indicating the circumstances of the action. Adjuncts may be obligatory or optional. They express such relations as time, place, manner, reason, condition, i.e. ...

lexical item

Language; Grammar

A lexical item is a unit of language representing a particular area of meaning which has a unique pattern of co-occurrence with other lexical items. It cannot always be identified ...

press

Language; Grammar

According to Merriam-Webster, when "press" is used in a journalistic context it can refer to "news reporters, publishers, and broadcasters." However, when used as a verb, "press" ...

prefix

Language; Grammar

A prefix consists of letters placed before a word in order to form a new word. Common prefixes in the English language include: un-, dis-, pre-, post-, and en-. For example, the ...

suffix

Language; Grammar

A suffix is a letter or letters added tothe end of a word to modify its meaning. One common suffix is -s or -es, used to change a noun from singular to plural. An example would ...