Phrase Hound found 19 phrases and 9 compound words that contain consumption. The most common are listed below. Open consumption in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 19
- power consumptionThe amount of power used multiplied by the amount of time, measured either in kilowatt-hours, horsepower-hours, etc.
- Energy consumption
- Fuel consumption
- Alcohol Consumption
- Human consumption
- Water consumption
- Food consumption
- conspicuous consumptionA public display of acquisition of possessions with the intention of gaining social prestige; excessive consumerism in order to flaunt one's purchasing power.
- consumption goodSynonym of consumer good: Goods that are meant to be sold to consumers or end-users.
- consumption functionA function that describes the relationship between consumption and disposable income.
- consumption goodsplural of consumption good: Goods that are meant to be sold to consumers or end-users.
- over-consumptionAn excessive level of consumption
- consumption weedSynonym of groundselbush: The shrub Baccharis halimifolia.
- specific fuel consumptionThe ratio of the mass of fuel used to the output power of an engine (especially an aircraft engine).
- consumption roomA medically supervised facility providing a hygienic environment in which people can consume illicit recreational drugs, to avoid drug problems such as disease and overdose.
- virtual consumptionThe artificial memories created by experiential advertising.
- consumption functionsplural of consumption function: A function that describes the relationship between consumption and disposable income.
- consumption roomsplural of consumption room: A medically supervised facility providing a hygienic environment in which people can consume illicit recreational drugs, to avoid drug problems such as disease and overdose.
- quick consumptionAcute tuberculosis.
Compound words 9
- overconsumptionExcessive consumption.
- underconsumptionInsufficient consumption (for financial stability).
- metaconsumptionThe consumption of a process of consumption, rather than of an actual work or product.
- nonconsumptionThe failure to consume
- anticonsumptionOpposition to consumerism.
- autoconsumptionThe consumption by oneself of the goods that one has produced.
- cyberconsumptionThe acquisition of goods or services via the Internet.
- hyperconsumptionExcessive consumption of goods (as a sociological phenomenon).
- photoconsumptionThe consumption of a chemical species (typically molecular oxygen) under the influence of light