consumption meaning and definition

CONSUMPTION noun

Definition of consumption (noun)

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