utilization

English

Alternative forms

• utilisation (chiefly UK)

Etymology

From French utilisation or from utilize +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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Noun

utilization (countable and uncountable, plural utilizations)

1. US, Canada, and Oxford British English standard spelling of utilisation.
   • 2022 December 22, Vanessa Yurkevich, “America needs immigrants to solve its labor shortage”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Skilled foreign farm workers are the backbone of US agriculture and are traditionally in the US on H-2A seasonal visas, which saw its highest ever utilization rate this year, according to the Farm Bureau.

Usage notes

• See usage notes at utilise.

Synonyms

• use
• usage

Derived terms

• capacity utilization
• underutilization
• utilization rate
• utilization review
• utilization time

Translations

utilization — see utilisation