Answer: consumption

AnswerCrossword Clue
consumptionThe purchase and use of goods and services by the public
consumptionA wasting disease, esp. pulmonary tuberculosis
consumptionThe using up of a resource
consumptionThe reception of information or entertainment, esp. by a mass audience
consumptionAn amount of something that is used up or ingested
consumptiona progressive wasting away of the body esp from pulmonary tuberculosis
consumptionThe eating, drinking, or ingesting of something