Synonyms of the word

consumption

• n. The act of consuming, i.e., burning something.
• n. The act of eating, drinking or using.
• n. The amount consumed.
• n. (pathology) The wasting-away of the human body through disease.
• n. (pathology, dated) Pulmonary tuberculosis.

activity

• n. The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active…
• n. Something done as an action or a movement.
• n. Something done for pleasure or entertainment, especially one involving movement or an excursion.
• n. Use (of internet, Playstation, bank account etc.).

demand

• n. The desire to purchase goods and services.
• n. (economics) The amount of a good or service that consumers are willing to buy at a particular price.
• n. A need.
• n. A claim for something.
• n. A requirement.
• n. An urgent request.
• n. An order.
• n. (electricity supply) More precisely peak demand or peak load, a measure of the maximum power load of a…
• v. To request forcefully.
• v. To claim a right to something.
• v. To ask forcefully for information.
• v. To require of someone.
• v. (law) To issue a summons to court.

depletion

• n. the act of depleting, or the state of being depleted; exhaustion.
• n. the consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished.

expenditure

• n. (uncountable, countable) Act of expending or paying out.
• n. (uncountable, countable) The amount expended; expense; outlay.

ingestion

• n. The action of ingesting, or consuming something orally, whether it be food, drink, medicine, or other…

intake

• n. The place where water or air is taken into a pipe or conduit; opposed to outlet.
• n. The beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder.
• n. The quantity taken in.
• n. An act or instance of taking in.
• n. The people taken into an organisation or establishment at a particular time.
• v. To take or draw in (in all the senses of the noun).

phthisis

• n. (archaic) An atrophy of the body or part of the body, especially pulmonary tuberculosis.

tuberculosis

• n. (pathology) An infectious disease of humans and animals caused by a species of mycobacterium, usually…

uptake

• n. understanding, comprehension.
• n. absorption, especially of food or nutrient by an organism.
• n. (dated) a chimney.
• v. (archaic) To take up, to lift.

usance

• n. The length of time permitted for the payment of a bill of exchange.
• n. Use.
• n. Customary or habitual usage.
• n. The interest paid on a borrowed sum, usury.

use

• n. The act of using.
• n. (uncountable, followed by "of") Usefulness, benefit.
• n. A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
• n. Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
• n. (obsolete, rare) Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.
• n. (archaic) Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.
• n. (obsolete) Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
• n. (religion) The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese.
• n. (forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward…
• v. To accustom; to habituate.
• v. (reflexive, obsolete) To become accustomed (to), to accustom oneself (to).
• v. (transitive) To employ; to apply; to utilize.
• v. (reflexive, obsolete) To behave, act, comport oneself.
• v. (transitive, often with up) To exhaust the supply of; to consume by employing.
• v. (transitive) To exploit.
• v. (dated) To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.
• v. (intransitive, now rare, literary) To habitually do; to be wont to do.
• v. (intransitive, past tense with infinitive) To habitually do. See used to.
• v. (transitive, with auxiliary could) To need; to benefit from.
• v. (intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.