Definition of consumption

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  • consumption is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 17
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Definition of consumption

  • (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing (noun)

    Examples

    1. the consumption of energy has increased steadily

    Synonyms

    1. economic consumption
    2. usance
    3. use
    4. use of goods and services
  • the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. ingestion
    2. intake
    3. uptake
  • the act of consuming something (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. expenditure
    2. using up
  • involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. phthisis
    2. pulmonary tuberculosis
    3. wasting disease
    4. white plague

See definition of consumption in Merriam Webster