consumption

noun

1.
the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
swallowing ingestion intake uptake
Derived from:
consume
2.
involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
phthisis pulmonary tuberculosis wasting disease white plague
3.
(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
economic consumption usance use use of goods and services
4.
the act of consuming something
expenditure using up