consumption
In economics, the purchase of goods and services for final use, as opposed to providing for future production.
| In national accounting, it means a country's total expenditure over a given period (usually a year) on goods and services, including expenditure on raw materials and defense. |
consumption
| In medicine, former popular name for the disease tuberculosis. |
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