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An old and once common term for wasting away of the body, particularly from pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). Other old TB terms include the King's evil or scrofula (TB of the lymph nodes in the neck) and Pott's disease (TB of the spine). The World Health Organization (WHO) in "L'histoire de la tuberculose" notes that: "In [..]
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The amount of a specified fuel type or strata that is removed through the fire process, often expressed as a percentage of the preburn weight. 
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  See Energy consumption.
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Consommation
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1 (formal) the act of using energy, food, or materials; the amount used the production of fuel for domestic consumption (= to be used in the country where it is produced) Gas and oil consumption alway [..]
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late 14c., "wasting of the body by disease; wasting disease" (replacing Old English yfeladl "the evil disease"), from Old French consumpcion, from Latin consumptionem (nominative c [..]
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The direct and final use of goods or services in satisfying the wants of free human beings.
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process of using goods and services.
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The use of resources, goods, or services to satisfy wants and needs. At the microeconomic level, consumption is primarily analyzed in the context of utility, demand and their importance to market exch [..]
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the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) pulmonary tuberculosis: involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body (economics) the utilization of economic goods [..]
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n. Gradual destruction, as by burning, eating, etc., or by using up, wearing out, etc.
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Definition Using a product or service until it has no remaining value.
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The fraction of withdrawn water that is lost in transmission or that is evaporated, absorbed, chemically transformed, or otherwise made unavailable for other purposes as a result of human use. contagious
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To dream that you have consumption, denotes that you are exposing yourself to danger. Remain with your friends.   
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Use of goods or of services. The term consumption has two different meanings, depending on context. As commonly used in regard to the Footprint, it refers to the use of goods or services. A consumed g [..]
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Measures the physical use of a metal by end users. Metal consumption estimates, unlike steel demand figures, account for changes in inventories.
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Spending by households on goods and services. The process of buying and using goods and services.
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the using up of something 
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The purchase and utilization of goods and services. See commodity fetishism.
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the use of a thing or process. The geography of consumption is an effort to understand how resources
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Spending to acquire consumer goods and services, or using up those goods and services to satisfy wants.
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(n) the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)(n) involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body(n) (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy ne [..]
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The consumption has four components: 1. LSA consumption (metered, profiled and estimated consumption) 2. Loss consumption 3. WSP consumption (adjustments to match WSI) 4. UFE consumption Charges are c [..]
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  a wasting away of the body; formerly applied especially to pulmonary tuberculosis, caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis.  In physick, a waste of muscular flesh.  It is frequently atten [..]
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A wasting away of the body; formerly applied especially to pulmonary tuberculosis. The disorder is now known to be an infectious disease caused by the bacterial species Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Syn [..]
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Your consumption is the sum total of the units of energy used in a stated period, or in other words: how much energy you have consumed. The standard measure of consumption is kilowatt hours (kWh). If you are using your kWh consumption to get a quote for your gas and electricity then it is always best to use an annual figure, as your consumption wil [..]
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The amount of fuel used for gross generation, providing standby service, start-up and/or flame stabilization.
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The amount of fuel used for gross generation, providing standby service, start-up and/or flame stabilization.
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The using up of something, such as a fuel
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tuberculosis
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Total spending, by individuals or a nation, on consumer goods during a given period.
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1. The purchase of goods and services by households. 2. The aggregate of such purchases over an economy. 3. The depletion of a stock of something due to use, as in capital consumption allowance.
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Behaviors associated with the ingesting of Alcoholic Beverages, including social Drinking.
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The rate at which Oxygen is used by a Tissue; microliters of Oxygen STPD used per milligram of Tissue per hour; the rate at which Oxygen enters the Blood from alveolar gas, equal in the steady state t [..]
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Mycobacterium Infections of the Lung.
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The movement of organic matter (ie, carbon chains) through a food web as animals and microorganisms eat (or otherwise ingest) plants, animals or microorganisms to obtain the material and energy that t [..]
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As applied here, consumption refers to the use of water for drinking.
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Another name for Tuberculosis, Commonly used before the 20th century. People who had consumption were referred to as consumptives.
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The purchase or use of a product or service by a consumer.
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Acquisition of goods and services from the government and the private sector to meet immediate needs. The economic process consisting of buying or spending on goods and services to meet the needs of h [..]
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Data pertaining to primary and secondary heating and non-heating electric costs. Also, units, such as gallons of oil or kilowatt-hours (kWh), used by a household or dwelling for a specified period of [..]
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The quantity of natural gas used by an end customer.
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Household behavior can most easily by characterized by the consumption function, both in in macroeconomics as well as in microeconomics. The consumption function explains how much a household consumes [..]
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the use of resources by a living system, the inflow and degradation of energy that is used for system activity.
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part of disposable income (income after taxes paid and payments received) that is not saved, essentially the goods and services used by households; this includes purchased commodities at the household [..]
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Consumption is an activity in which institutional units use up goods or services; consumption can be either intermediate or final.
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The rate at which items are issued to clients or patients. This is also called demand (which is, in strict terms, the rate of requests or orders). Consumption is usually measured in terms of units consumed within a specific period.
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The act of consuming, i.e., burning something. ''The fire's consumption of the forest caused ecological changes.'' The act of eating, drinking or using. The amount consumed. ''gross national [..]
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tuberculosis.
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The intake of objects, images, and popular ideas into one's home, body, or daily life. Whether in the form of food, furniture, art objects, or advertising, consumption is rooted in the sale and p [..]
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