consumptions

1. the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)Synonyms: consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake

2. involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the bodySynonyms: consumption, phthisis, pulmonary tuberculosis, wasting disease, white plague

3. (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturingExamples: "the consumption of energy has increased steadily"Synonyms: consumption, economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services

4. the act of consuming somethingSynonyms: consumption, expenditure, using up