noun [U]
1 the act of using energy, food or materials; the amount used:
the production of fuel for domestic consumption (= to be used in the country where it is produced) * Gas and oil consumption always increases in cold weather. * The meat was declared unfit for human consumption. * He was advised to reduce his alcohol consumption. * Her speech to party members was not intended for public consumption (= to be heard by the public).
seealsoCONSUME
2 the act of buying and using products:
Consumption rather than saving has become the central feature of contemporary societies.
seealsoCONSPICUOUSCONSUMPTION, CONSUME
3 (old-fashioned) a serious infectious disease of the lungs
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