The act or process of consuming by use, waste, etc.; decay; destruction.
Used in the same subject area: Economics, Environmental science, Media and communication, Sustainability, Audiences and reception, General economics.
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Conspicuous consumption
buying expensive services and products in order to flaunt your wealth
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the expenditure in specific terms (per unit of production) of material resources (basic and auxiliary materials, fuel, energy, and dep…
Used in the same subject area: Economics, Environmental science, Media and communication, Sustainability, Audiences and reception, General economics.(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; "the consumption of energy has increased steadily"
Used in the same subject area: Economics, Environmental science, Media and communication, Sustainability, Audiences and reception, General economics.To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a place.
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Media and communication, Sustainability, Audiences and reception.the expenditure in specific terms (per unit of production) of material resources (basic and auxiliary materials, fuel, energy, and dep…
Used in the same subject area: Economics, Environmental science, Media and communication, Sustainability, Audiences and reception, General economics.(economics) any indirect effect of public expenditure
Used in the same subject area: Economics, Environmental science, Media and communication, Audiences and reception, General economics.Use; usage; employment.
Used in the same subject area: Economics, Environmental science, Media and communication, Sustainability, Audiences and reception, General economics.The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment;…
Used in the same subject area: Economics, Environmental science, Media and communication, Sustainability, Audiences and reception, General economics.(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; "the consumption of energy has increased steadily"
Used in the same subject area: Economics, Environmental science, Media and communication, Sustainability, Audiences and reception, General economics.To move quickly, but with great effort; to gallop.
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Media and communication, Sustainability, Audiences and reception.(economics) the lack of any incentive to guard against a risk when you are protected against it (as by insurance); "insurance companie…
Used in the same subject area: Economics, Environmental science, General economics.A beak, as of a bird, or sometimes of a turtle or other animal.
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Media and communication, Sustainability.an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution; "he mailed the circular to all subscriber…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Media and communication, Sustainability.The side of a ship above the water line, from the bow to the quarter.
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Media and communication, Sustainability.In the form of, or bounded by, a circle; round.
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Media and communication, Sustainability.An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres.
Used in the same subject area: Economics, Environmental science, Sustainability.The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or me…
Used in the same subject area: Economics, Environmental science, Sustainability.One who flies or flees; a runaway; a fugitive.
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Media and communication, Sustainability.
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The total amount households, firms and government want to spend in an economy.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: buying, expensive, services, products, order.Belonging to Apicius, a notorious Roman epicure; hence applied to whatever is peculiarly refined or dainty and expensive in cookery.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: buying, expensive, services, products, order.of Badger
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: buying, expensive, services, products, order.Silk stuff, woven with gold and silver threads, or ornamented with raised flowers, foliage, etc.; -- also applied to other stuffs thus…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: buying, expensive, services, products, order.That which busies one, or that which engages the time, attention, or labor of any one, as his principal concern or interest, whether f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: buying, expensive, services, products, order.a particular instance of buying or selling; "it was a package deal"; "I had no further trade with him"; "he's a master of the business…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: buying, expensive, services, products, order.The quality of being chargeable or expensive.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: buying, expensive, services, products, order.Costly; expensive.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: buying, expensive, services, products, order.The act of buying the whole quantity of any commodity.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: buying, expensive, services, products, order.The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; esp. the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or com…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: buying, expensive, services, products, order.A scheme of equalizing the social conditions of life; specifically, a scheme which contemplates the abolition of inequalities in the p…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: buying, expensive, services, products, order.Of great cost; expensive; dear.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: buying, expensive, services, products, order.
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