consumption


 * Word**: consumption


 * Context Sentence**: Analyses the size and structure of the working class and its consumption patterns, status situation and self-understanding.


 * Source**: Contemporary British Society ---Social Classes


 * Definition**: the act of using energy, food or materials; the amount used


 * Reference**: Advanced learner's English-Chinese Dictionary Page.358

This is a useful academic word for describing patterns in society. Here are some more sentences with the word - each time a different substance is involved.

After four years of the screen romance, **consumption** of __Gold Blend__ has leapt from two to ten million cups a day. [=coffee]


 * Consumption** of partially cooked __meat__ and __cheese__ made from unpasteurised goats' milk is common in France.

Excess __alcohol__ **consumption** is associated with premature death, and some 1,100 people are killed on the road in the UK each year as a result of drunken driving.

US **consumption** of __electricity__ is expected to grow by 46 per cent, and coal, which produces more carbon dioxide than either oil or gas, is expected to continue as the staple fuel for generations.

Average **consumption** remained stable at 8.8 standard units per week, or the equivalent of four pints of __beer__.

During the first few months of this year I made extensive __fuel__ **consumption** checks and my overall mpg is 22.73. (mpg= miles per gallon)