(n.) Frequent repetition of the same act; way of acting common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method of doing or living.
(n.) Habitual buying of goods; practice of frequenting, as a shop, manufactory, etc., for making purchases or giving orders; business support.
(n.) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent; usage. See Usage, and Prescription.
(n.) Familiar aquaintance; familiarity.
(v. t.) To make familiar; to accustom.
(v. t.) To supply with customers.
(v. i.) To have a custom.
(n.) The customary toll, tax, or tribute.
(n.) Duties or tolls imposed by law on commodities, imported or exported.
(v. t.) To pay the customs of.
Example Sentences:
(1) However, some contactless transactions are processed offline so may not appear on a customer’s account until after the block has been applied.” It says payments that had been made offline on the day of cancellation may be applied to accounts and would be refunded when the customer identified them; payments made on days after the cancellation will not be taken from an account.
(2) But RWE admitted it had often only been able to retain customers with expired contracts by offering them new deals with more favourable conditions.
(3) At the heart of the payday loan profit bonanza is the "continuous payment authority" (CPA) agreement, which allows lenders to access customer bank accounts to retrieve funds.
(4) Ofcom will conduct research, such as mystery shopping, to assess the transparency of contractual information given to customers by providers at the point of sale".
(5) It has announced a four-stage programme of reforms that will tackle most of these stubborn and longstanding problems, including Cinderella issues such as how energy companies treat their small business customers.
(6) John Lewis’s marketing, advertising and reputation are all built on their promises of good customer services, and it is a large part of what still drives people to their stores despite cheaper online outlets.
(7) This technology will provide better information to the surgeon for preoperative diagnosis and planning and for the design of customized implants.
(8) Quotes Justin Timberlake: "Even more importantly customers love it … over 20 million listening on iTunes Radio, listened to over a billion songs.
(9) He was burnt alive along with three customers as flames from the car set his carpet shop ablaze.
(10) Lady Gaga is not the first big music star to make a new album available early to mobile customers.
(11) But at least one customer signalled that America's gun lobby might be on the cusp of a moment of introspection.
(12) I haven't had to face anyone like the man who threatened to call the police when he decided his card had been cloned after sharing three bottles of wine with his wife, or the drunk woman who became violent and announced that she was a solicitor who was going to get this fucking place shut down – two customers Andrew had to deal with on the same night.
(13) TalkTalk said customers should monitor their accounts over the coming months and report anything unusual to Action Fraud.
(14) Chadwick felt that Customs and Trading Standards needed to continue their war on illegal tobacco – if not, efforts to tackle smoking could be undermined.
(15) The “100% Australian-made” text on packaging has been enlarged to appeal to customer patriotism.
(16) Santander's new mortgage range complements this, putting our relationship with our customers at the heart of our business and ensuring they get the right mortgage for them – one they can afford and which meets their needs."
(17) Now there is talk of adding a range of ultra-trendy kale chips and kale shakes to the menu as well as encouraging customers to design their own bespoke burger.
(18) Nevertheless we know that there will remain a large number of borrowers with payday loans who are struggling to cope with their debts, and it is essential that these customers are signposted to free debt advice.
(19) Markets reacted calmly on Friday to the downgrade by Moody's of 16 European and US banks, with share prices steady after the reduction in credit ratings, which can push up the cost of borrowing for banks which they could pass on to customers.
(20) We are urgently investigating this incident with our supplier and ask customers to return this product to their local store."
Usage
Definition:
(n.) The act of using; mode of using or treating; treatment; conduct with respect to a person or a thing; as, good usage; ill usage; hard usage.
(n.) Customary use or employment, as of a word or phrase in a particular sense or signification.
(n.) Experience.
Example Sentences:
(1) An important stratification factor, however, was related to tobacco usage.
(2) Adjunctive usage of elastic stockings and intermittent compression pneumatic boots in the perioperative period was helpful in controlling leg swelling and promoting wound healing.
(3) A survey into the current usage of tracheal tubes and associated procedures, such as various sedation regimes and antacid therapy, in intensive care units was carried out in Sweden by sending a questionnaire to physicians in charge of intensive care units in 70 acute hospitals which included seven main teaching hospitals.
(4) A 1977 College of American Pathologists survey of hospitals has been analyzed to compare Rh immune globulin usage (RhIgG) with methods used to screen and confirm fetomaternal hemorrhage (FMH).
(5) Check out the latest bill from Russia's parliament, the Duma: its aim is to ban the "unnecessary" usage of foreign words (in cases where there is a pre-existing Russian counterpart).
(6) The high percentage of children delivered with signs of postmaturity according to Clifford in pregnant women treated with corticosteroid--23.3% against 9.8% of women treated with Aprophen (p less than 0.01) show the connection between the usage of corticosteroids and the increase of the frequency of signs of postmaturity in newborns.
(7) Usage of analyzing cardiac monitors with a signalling system switched on by the preset values of ST-segment depression prevented the evolution of myocardial ischemia and the development of exercise-induced anginal episodes.
(8) The group with no previous history showed a decrease in total service usage at follow-up.
(9) Adaptation of the freezing technique for large-scale usage has more recently been achieved.
(10) Your gas bills should give a figure for your usage each quarter – but remember you use very little in the summer months, so you'll need to add up the total across all four quarters.
(11) Its usage now is usually restricted to disorders associated with a deficiency of uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase (UROD), for which the term "UROD-deficiency" may be more appropriate.
(12) The recognition of the CCSK cytologic pattern justifies the usage of aggressive preoperative chemotherapy protocols or the indication of surgery avoiding delays.
(13) Significant improvements in word comprehension, word usage in writing, pronunciation, and in auditory discrimination were achieved as a result of training.
(14) Analysis of the relationships between antigen specificities and V kappa- and VH-family gene usage indicated that auto- or polyreactivity was not associated with V kappa III nor any particular VH family.
(15) For PPD-specific TCCs, a possible biased usage of V beta 8, as well as possible preferential usage of a CDR3 motif, were found.
(16) Failure of rifampin prophylaxis as currently recommended may result from usage limited to direct contacts of the index patient.
(17) Considerable heterogeneity in T-cell receptor usage was noted.
(18) An investigation of maintenance, usage, and coliform status of water in 104 domestic swimming pools in 13 Brisbane suburbs was made in January, 1978.
(19) The preparation underwent biotransformation in the organism of the rats after oral usage and the basic metabolite was 4-aminocholine, excreted in urine.
(20) We have examined T-cell receptor alpha- and beta-chain variable (V) region gene usage in T-cell populations predicted to have different major histocompatibility complex-restriction specificities.