benyttelse

Benyttelse is a noun used in Norwegian Bokmål and Danish to denote the act of using something or making use of it. It is derived from the verb benytte, meaning to use, with the noun-forming suffix -else. The term is common in formal language, policy documents, accounting, and resource management, where it refers to actual use of a resource, facility, or data, as opposed to its total availability.

In practice, benyttelse can refer to utilization in several domains: entering into contracts for the use of equipment, issuing licenses that authorize use of land or water, measuring capacity usage (benytte kapasitet), and describing the degree of use (grad av benyttelse). It is often contrasted with terms emphasizing exploitation or benefit extraction, such as utnyttelse or udnyttelse, which carry stronger connotations of taking advantage of resources.

Collocations include benyttelse av data, benyttelse av areal, and benyttelsesgrad. In legal and administrative contexts, benyttelse is used neutrally to specify what is actually being used, how intensively it is used, or who is authorized to use it. See also usage, utilization, benytte, utnyttelse, and udnyttelse.