–adjective

1.	previously used or owned; secondhand: a used car.

2.	showing wear or being worn out.

3.	employed for a purpose; utilized.

—Idiom

4.	used to, accustomed or habituated to: I'm not used to cold weather. They weren't used to getting up so early.

late O.E. sala "a sale," from O.N. sala "sale," from P.Gmc. *salo (cf. O.H.G. sala, Swed. salu, Dan. salg), from root *sal-, source of *saljan (cf. O.E. sellan; see sell). Sense of "a selling of shop goods at lower prices than usual" first appeared 1866. Salesman is from 1523; salesmanship first attested 1880.