use

use
noun /ju:s/
a way in which something can be used
directions for use instructions on how to run a machine
to make use of something to use something
in use being worked
The computer is in use twenty-four hours a day.
items for personal use items which a person will use for himself, not on behalf of the company
he has the use of a company car he has a company car which he uses privately
verb /ju:z/
to take something, e.g. a machine, a company or a process, and work with it
We use airmail for all our overseas correspondence.
The photocopier is being used all the time.
They use freelancers for most of their work.

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