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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
consumption
/kənˈsʌmp.ʃən/
noun
how much is spent on things; the process of eating and drinking
- “Most capital goods and food for domestic consumption are imported.”Tatoeba
- “You say you oppose the consumption of dog meat.”Tatoeba
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Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)