qualifier token a chosen word

usage type

Whether a recurring price is licensed (a fixed amount per cycle, e.g. $30/month for a seat) or metered (billed on measured usage, e.g. $0.01 per API call). A qualifier of `recurring_price` (cardinality one). When metered, the plan also carries `meter_event_name` and `usage_aggregation`. A governed token.

Usage type is answered with one word chosen from the usage types list — the same word shared across every product that uses it.

It is a qualifier of recurring price — it has meaning only inside a recurring price statement, one per statement, never on its own. It belongs with recurring price to subscription & financing — one facet of a product.

It is answered inside every recurring price statement, not as a standalone question on a kind.

answered with: ◇token — a token — a word chosen from a fixed vocabulary, shared and filterable across products.
value domain: Usage Types — the vocabulary its answers are drawn from.
qualifier of: recurring price — one per statement — it has meaning only inside that host's statement.

Answered inside every recurring price statement — not a standalone slot on any kind.