Definition of CONSUMPTION. Meaning of CONSUMPTION. Synonyms of CONSUMPTION

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Definition of CONSUMPTION

Consumption
Consumption Con*sump"tion (?; 215), n. [L. consumptio: cf. F. consomption.] 1. The act or process of consuming by use, waste, etc.; decay; destruction. Every new advance of the price to the consumer is a new incentive to him to retrench the quality of his consumption. --Burke. 2. The state or process of being consumed, wasted, or diminished; waste; diminution; loss; decay. 3. (Med.) A progressive wasting away of the body; esp., that form of wasting, attendant upon pulmonary phthisis and associated with cough, spitting of blood, hectic fever, etc.; pulmonary phthisis; -- called also pulmonary consumption.

Meaning of CONSUMPTION from wikipedia

- Look up consumption in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Consumption may refer to: Resource consumption Tuberculosis, an infectious disease, historically...
- or simply fragrant, is the meat derived from dogs. Historically human consumption of dog meat has been recorded in many parts of the world. In the 21st...
- Addiction to ether consumption, or etheromania, is the addiction to the inhalation or drinking of diethyl ether, commonly called "ether". Studies, including...
- In sociology and in economics, the term con****uous consumption describes and explains the consumer practice of buying and using goods of a higher quality...
- stewing or roasting, or processed, such as by smoking or salting. The consumption of meat (especially red and processed meat, as opposed to fish and poultry)...
- (TB), also known colloquially as the "white death", or historically as consumption, is a contagious disease usually caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis...
- Orthodox Church and the Eritrean Orthodox Church do not prohibit pork consumption on a religious basis but generally avoid it on basis of tradition. Hebrew...
- A consumption tax is a tax levied on consumption spending on goods and services. The tax base of such a tax is the money spent on consumption. Consumption...
- countries by electric energy consumption. China is the largest producer and consumer of electricity, representing 55% of consumption in Asia and 31% of the...
- from the World Bank. The countries are sorted by their household final consumption expenditure (HFCE) which represents consumer spending Values are in nominal...