<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A customary way of doing something; a custom or practice: the usages of the last 50 years.</li><li>Synonyms: convention, habit, tradition.</li><li>The customary manner in which a language or a form of a language is spoken or written: English usage; a grammar based on usage rather than on arbitrary notions of correctness.</li><li>A particular instance of this: a usage borrowed from French.</li><li>Any manner of doing or handling something; treatment: rough usage.</li><li>Habitual or customary use; long-continued practice: immemorial usage.</li><li>An act of using or employing; use.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Made specially for individual customers: custom shoes.</li><li>Dealing in things so made, or doing work to order: a custom tailor.</li></ul>