consumption
Using things up
Consumption is the act of consuming—using up resources, eating or drinking, or purchasing goods.
In economics, consumption drives demand: Consumer spending accounts for most of the economy.
The word once commonly referred to tuberculosis, from how the disease seemed to consume the body: She died of consumption at twenty-three.
This medical sense is now archaic.
Mycobacterial lung disease
- wastingUsing poorly, inefficiently
- phthisisPulmonary wasting disease
- sanatoriumFacility for prolonged recovery
- declineDecrease or refuse
emaciation · pallor · fever · hemorrhage · convalescence · Victorian · chronic · pulmonary
Consuming into the body
- swallowingIngesting via throat muscles
- digestionBodily food breakdown
- eatingIngesting sustenance
- feastingEating sumptuously together
nourishment · sustenance · devouring · gulping · snacking · meals · dining · tasting
Outlaying of funds
- expenditureMoney paid out
- purchasingAcquiring through payment
- demandForceful request or requirement
- supplyFurnish or stock
market · retail · commerce · shopping · e-commerce · trade · buyers · sales
Act of employing something
- utilizationPractical application of something
- depletionReduction of supply
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- energyPower to do work
fuel · water · electricity · carbon footprint · sustainability · waste · natural resources · fossil fuels
Absorption or understanding
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- metabolismCellular nutrient conversion
- permeationProcess of spreading throughout
- diffusionPassive molecular spreading
incorporation · intake · infiltration · osmosis · saturation · resorption · capillarity · bioavailability
tuberculosis
Mycobacterial lung disease
- wastingUsing poorly, inefficiently
- phthisisPulmonary wasting disease
- sanatoriumFacility for prolonged recovery
decline · emaciation · pallor · fever · hemorrhage · convalescence · Victorian · chronic · pulmonary
ingestion
Consuming into the body
- swallowingIngesting via throat muscles
- digestionBodily food breakdown
- eatingIngesting sustenance
feasting · nourishment · sustenance · devouring · gulping · snacking · meals · dining · tasting · savoring
spending
Outlaying of funds
- expenditureMoney paid out
- purchasingAcquiring through payment
- demandForceful request or requirement
supply · market · retail · commerce · shopping · e-commerce · trade · buyers · sales · transactions
usage
Act of employing something
- utilizationPractical application of something
- depletionReduction of supply
- exploitationSelfish use of others
energy · fuel · water · electricity · carbon footprint · sustainability · waste · natural resources · fossil fuels · renewable
uptake
Absorption or understanding
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- metabolismCellular nutrient conversion
- permeationProcess of spreading throughout
diffusion · incorporation · intake · infiltration · osmosis · saturation · resorption · capillarity · bioavailability · cellular
- economicssupply and demand, inflation, GDP, GNP, gross domestic product
- resource userecycling, conservation, waste, efficiency, depletion
- economics termsgoods, value, services, GDP, products
- depletionsdrain, exhaustion, draining, emptying, using up
- Old Ailmentsdropsy, ague, apoplexy, phthisis, catarrh
- resource managementbudget, budgeting, saving, allocation, allocating
consumptionproduction
Making or generating something
manufacturing · creation · generation · output · supply
consumptionconservation
Preventing waste or loss
preservation · saving · safekeeping · protection · hoarding
consumptionfasting
Deliberate food avoidance
abstinence · starvation · abstention · hunger strike · anorexia
- mass consumptionLarge-scale public purchasing
- media consumptionEngaging with entertainment sources
- water consumptionQuantity of liquid ingested
- fuel consumptionRate of burning energy
- not for consumption
- power consumptionRate of electrical usage
consumptive, overconsumption, consumptions, underconsumption, consumptives