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UK
/kənsˈʌmpʃən/
]
[ US /kənˈsəmpʃən, kənˈsəmʃən/ ]
[ US /kənˈsəmpʃən, kənˈsəmʃən/ ]
NOUN
- involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
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(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
the consumption of energy has increased steadily - the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
- the act of consuming something
How To Use consumption In A Sentence
- But proposed regulations may force people to take stock of their daily energy consumption and could make us think twice about our festive decor. Times, Sunday Times
- Ralphs et al. suggested no difference in locoweed consumption between native cattle and cattle introduced to locoweed under natural grazing conditions.
- The decrease in myocardial oxygen consumption was evidenced by a gradual decline in atrioventricular oxygen difference, indicating a decrease in myocardial oxygen uptake relative to supply.
- Definition: Consumption can be regarded as total expenditure by households on goods and services which yield utility in the current period.
- ‘It will therefore serve a better purpose to issue official statements for media consumption,’ Bernama quoted him as saying.
- It would also replace VAT with "eco-taxes" designed to modify people's consumption.
- We had the tradition of preserving food and drink for long time consumption, by watching when the leaves began to fall and when there were changes happening to Nature.
- While President Obama swore fealty to free trade, he also called for "balanced growth," which is diplo-speak for U.S. efforts to get China to spur domestic consumption and rely less on exports. Will Marshall: Does America Have a China Policy?
- Britain's water companies are planning to meter water consumption.
- It is worrisome for magazines and newspapers, since Internet media consumption is already higher than for print media.
