consumption
21consumption — The act of using up an amount of fuel. Actually the fuel is joined with air and merely changed into other substances (Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Monoxide, etc. and energy). Also see fuel consumption indicator fuel consumption oil consumption specific …
22consumption — noun /kənˈsʌmp.ʃən/ a) The act of consuming something. The fires consumption of the forest caused ecological changes. b) The amount consumed. gross national consumption See Also: consumer …
23consumption — n. conspicuous; mass consumption * * * [kən sʌmpʃ(ə)n] mass consumption conspicuous …
24consumption — noun 1) food unfit for human consumption Syn: eating, drinking, ingestion 2) the consumption of fossil fuels Syn: use, using up, utilization, expending, depletion; waste, squandering, dissipation …
25consumption — The use of economic resources. *Consumer consumption refers to the final enjoyment of an item’s *worth. In this sense, consumption is the final point in the economic process of production, distribution, and exchange as individuals purchase and… …
26consumption — /kən sʌmpʃən/ noun the act of buying or using goods or services ● a car with low petrol consumption ● The factory has a heavy consumption of coal …
27consumption — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. destruction, use, burning; tuberculosis. See disease, waste. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of consuming] Syn. using, eating, using up, decay, burning, expenditure, exhaustion, depletion, dissipation …
28consumption — pulmonary tuberculosis Prior to penicillin, this was the dread disease which wasted away, or consumed, the sufferer: The girl had died since them. Consumption devoured her. (Keneally, 1979, writing of the 19th century) Also known as… …
29Consumption — (Fuel) Amount of fuel used for gross generation. *** See Energy Consumption. U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration s Energy Glossary …
30consumption — [kənˈsʌmpʃ(ə)n] noun [U] formal the use of something such as energy or fuel, or the amount of something that people use or buy We ve reduced our energy consumption by 10%.[/ex] …
