1. (noun)
consumption, economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services
- (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing Synonyms: phthisis, usage, use, custom, habit, expenditure, use of goods and services, uptake, ingestion, exercise, role, pulmonary tuberculosis, using up, wasting disease, utilization, consumption, employment, economic consumption, manipulation, intake, usance, enjoyment, function, purpose, white plague, utilisation