consumption
con-sump-tion
noun
The act of using up resources, goods, or services.
"Household consumption of electricity increased."
noun
An archaic term for tuberculosis, a serious infectious lung disease.
"Many people died of consumption then."
Thesaurus
Synonyms: phthisis, wasting disease, white plague, pulmonary tuberculosis, expenditure, using up, uptake, ingestion, intake, usance, economic consumption, use of goods and services