consumption

definition: the act of consuming something

example:

speech part: noun

synonyms: using up expenditure

definition: the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)

example:

speech part: noun

synonyms: intake ingestion uptake

definition: (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing

example: the consumption of energy has increased steadily

speech part: noun

synonyms: use usance economic consumption use of goods and services

definition: involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body

example:

speech part: noun

synonyms: white plague pulmonary tuberculosis phthisis wasting disease

consumption is explained and pronounced