Consumption Meaning

There are 4 meaning(s) for word Consumption

Meaning 1 : (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing

    Example : the consumption of energy has increased steadily

    Synonyms : economic consumption,  usance,  use,  use of goods and services
Meaning 2 : the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)

    Synonyms : ingestion,  intake,  uptake
Meaning 3 : the act of consuming something

    Synonyms : expenditure,  using up
Meaning 4 : involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body

    Synonyms : phthisis,  pulmonary tuberculosis,  wasting disease,  white plague


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