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consumption
'consumption' - used as a noun
1. the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
2. involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
3. (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
the consumption of energy has increased steadily
4. the act of consuming something
Variations of 'consumption'
 
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