economic consumption

English Thesaurus

1. (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing (noun.process)

hypernym	:	demand,
definition	:	the ability and desire to purchase goods and services (noun.process)

hyponym	:	conspicuous consumption,
definition	:	buying expensive services and products in order to flaunt your wealth (noun.process)

domain category	:	economic science, economics, political economy,
definition	:	the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	expend, use,
definition	:	use up, consume fully (verb.consumption)

derivation	:	expend, use,
definition	:	use up, consume fully (verb.consumption)