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consumption (iou)



consumption noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French consomption from Latin consumptio(n-), from consumpt- pa. ppl stem of consumere CONSUME: see -ION.]
The action or fact of consuming by use, waste, eating, etc. (see CONSUME verb). LME.
fig.: W. Owen To borrow a book for Dorothy's immediate consumption.
Wasting of the body by disease; (formerly) a wasting disease; now spec., severe pulmonary tuberculosis. LME.
M. Girouard Galloping consumption forced him to spend more..time on the south coast.
Decay, wasting away, wearing out. E16.
The purchase and use of or of goods, material, or energy; the amount or rate of this. M17.
specific consumption, specific fuel consumption: see SPECIFIC adjective.
consumptioner noun a consumer M17-M18.