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CONSUMPTION

Definition:

[noun] the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
Synonyms: ingestion, intake, uptake
[noun] involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
Synonyms: pulmonary tuberculosis, phthisis, wasting disease, white plague
[noun] (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; "the consumption of energy has increased steadily"
Synonyms: economic usance, use, use of goods and services
[noun] the act of consuming something
Synonyms: using up, expenditure