average usage

collocation in English

meaningsofaverageandusage

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average
adjective
uk
/ˈæv.ər.ɪdʒ/us
/ˈæv.ɚ.ɪdʒ/
An average number is the number you get by adding two or more amounts together and dividing the total by the number ...
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usage
noun
uk
/ˈjuː.sɪdʒ/us
/ˈjuː.sɪdʒ/
the way a particular word in a language, or a language in general, ...
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(Definition ofaverageandusagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofaverage usage

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Averageusageof the eight stations comprised in the service is about 1,700 passengers a day each way, which is low compared with other suburban services of its type.
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Theaverageusageduring any period of 15 minutes between 0600 and 2400 on the same day was 16, 4 and 67.
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To say that water charging should be based onaverageusageis a start, butaverageusageis not the same thing as ability to pay.
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We should commission research and try to find ways of relating a metered system not just to concepts ofaverageusage, but to ability to pay.
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However, givenaverageusage, that increment in cost would be saved in running costs in the first year alone.
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This is compounded by the fact that the economics of delivering energy tend to be priced for capacity as opposed toaverageusage.
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The plan is to provide 200 megawatts of continuous power, estimated as theaverageusageof 150,000 homes.
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The opening is envisaged at the end of 2011, with anaverageusageof 41,000 vehicles a day.
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Inaverageusagebilling, these host take measurements of your bandwidth usage every 5 minutes throughout the month.
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Measuring of bandwidth in this manner results in a trueaverageusagereading for your bandwidth bill.
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Each month, the minimum balance and replenishment amounts are recalculated based on theaverageusageduring the previous six months.
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