Consumption
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
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Senses
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the act of consuming something
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the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
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involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- economic consumptionexpenditureingestionintakephthisispulmonary tuberculosisuptakeusanceuseuse of goods and servicesusing upwasting diseasewhite plague
- plural
- Consumptions
- possessive
- Consumption's
- pluralpossessive
- Consumptions'