English-Dutch translations for consumption

• consumptie
  Cultuur is niet alleen consumptie. Culture is not about consumption.
  Maar niet om het even welke consumptie. Not any kind of consumption, however.
  De gemiddelde consumptie in Europa is 260 kilo. Average consumption in Europe is 260 kg.
• verbruik
  Bovendien neemt het verbruik almaar toe. Apart from anything else, consumption is growing all the time.
  Verbruik en productie van energie moeten op elkaar worden afgestemd. We need consumption that is managed in accordance with production.
  In deze demagogische discussie worden productie en verbruik voortdurend op een hoop gegooid. And this populism continues to confuse production with consumption.
• tering
  Zo houdt het de nadelige gevolgen van de te verwachten stijgende tekorten en schulden voor risicopremies en particuliere consumptie en investeringen, binnen de perken. It thus contains adverse effects of expectations of rising deficits and debt on risk premia and private consumption and investment.
• tuberculose
• wegteren

Definition of consumption

• The act of eating, drinking or using
• The amount consumed
• The act of consuming or destroying
• The wasting away of the human body through disease

Examples

• The consumption of snails as food is more common in France than in England.
• gross national consumption
• The fires consumption of the forest caused ecological changes.

Related words

• over-consumption
• hyperconsumption
• overconsumption
• underconsumption
• autoconsumption
• consumption tax
• consumption good
• consumption of beer
• consumption of drugs