consumption

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This consumption is the cause of a further loss of capital over and above the capital lost in malinvestment.

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  1. noun The act or process of consuming.
  2. noun The state of being consumed.
  3. noun An amount consumed.
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  • But when the amount of water used to make the foods Italians eat and the clothes they wear are taken into account (i.e. the water footprint), the consumption is approximately 17 times higher. —  TreeHugger
  • Devilstower examined the burst in American consumption that preceded the Great Depression, —  Daily Kos
  • Steel - and resource-related stocks advanced across the region on speculation that a recovery in Chinese consumption could support demand for commodities. —  MarketWatch.com - Top Stories
  • The "other white meat" in your takeout container falls behind beef and chicken in American consumption, but we do pig out on pig-on average, each of us undesirables in pig flesh, and because of the quick-spread disease potential of crowded pig farms, heavy doses of antibiotics are administered routinely. —  Sustainablog
  • However, the demand for French Pinot Noir and Italian Pinot Grigio in the U.S. market and elsewhere is easing the downturn in French consumption. —  Western Farm Press RSS Feed
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  1. Middle English consumpcioun, from Latin cōnsūmptiō, cōnsūmptiōn-, a consuming, from cōnsūmptus, past participle of cōnsūmere, to consume; see consume.

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  1. = French consomption = Provencal consumpcio = Spanish consuncion = Portuguese consumpção = Italian consunzione, from Latin consumptio(n-), a consuming, wasting, from consumere, past participle consumptus, consume: see consume.
 

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