Consumption Meaning

/kənˈsʌmp.ʃən/
B1

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nounThe act of eating, drinking or using.

nounThe amount consumed.

In general, people were against the consumption tax.
The price doesn't include consumption tax.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Reducing meat ____ can improve your overall health significantly.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
In general, people were against the ____ tax.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *h₁em-der. Proto-Italic *emō Latin emō Latin sūmō Latin cōnsūmō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin cōnsūmptiōder. Old French consumpcionbor. Middle English consumpcioun English consumption From con- + Latin sūmptus + -ion, from Middle English consumpcioun, from Old French consumpcion, from Latin cōnsūmptiō, from cōnsūmō + -tiō, from con- (“with, together”) + sūmō (“take; consume”). Equivalent to consume + -tion.

"A Guardia Civil spokesperson said that ayahuasca, San Pedro, toad poison, wild rue and mimosa pudica were prohibited substances in Spain, adding that their consumption was not authorised because, while they were natural substances, they could be highly dangerous to human health." — 2025 August 11, Sam Jones, “Ayahuasca and toad poison seized as police raid spiritual retreats in Spain”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
"Driving methods have a direct bearing on fuel consumption with every type of motive power." — 1963 February, “Diesel locomotive faults and their remedies”, in Modern Railways, page 99:
"And then as to your ſcurvys, and gouts, rheumatiſms, conſumptions, coughs and catarrhs, tar-vvater and turpentine vvill make you as ſound as a roach." — 1763 June 20 (first performance), Samuel Foote, The Mayor of Garret. A Comedy, […], London: […] P[aul] Vaillant, […], published 1764, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 4:

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CEFR Practice Quiz
Reducing meat ____ can improve your overall health significantly.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
In general, people were against the ____ tax.

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