Consumption

The act or process of consuming by use, waste, etc.; decay; destruction.

The state or process of being consumed, wasted, or diminished; waste; diminution; loss; decay.

A progressive wasting away of the body; esp., that form of wasting, attendant upon pulmonary phthisis and associated with cough, spitting of blood, hectic fever, etc.; pulmonary phthisis; -- called also pulmonary consumption.

(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; "the consumption of energy has increased steadily"

the act of consuming something