In general, people were against the consumption tax.
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Consumption
//kənˈsʌmp.ʃən//
Synonyms for "consumption" (169 found)
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Closest matches (34)
Strong matches (51)
Related words (84)
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104 translations across 43 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- φθίσις noun (wasting-away of the human body through disease)
Arabic
1 entries- اِسْتِهْلَاك noun (the act of consuming something)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- istehlak noun (the act of consuming something)
Bulgarian
3 entries- изразходване noun (the act of consuming something)
- консумация noun (the amount consumed)
- консумиране noun (the act of consuming something)
Catalan
3 entries- consum noun (the act of consuming something)
- consum noun (the amount consumed)
- consumpció noun (wasting-away of the human body through disease)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 消費 /消费 noun (the act of consuming something)
Czech
4 entries- konzumace noun (the act of consuming something)
- spotřeba noun (the act of consuming something)
- spotřeba noun (the amount consumed)
- zničení noun (the act of consuming something)
Danish
2 entries- forbrug noun (the act of consuming something)
- konsum noun (the act of consuming something)
Dutch
4 entries- consumptie noun (the act of consuming something)
- consumptie noun (the amount consumed)
- verbruik noun (the act of consuming something)
- verbruik noun (the amount consumed)
Finnish
4 entries- kuluttaminen noun (the act of consuming something)
- kulutus noun (the act of consuming something)
- kulutus noun (the amount consumed)
- riutuminen noun (wasting-away of the human body through disease)
French
3 entries- consommation noun (the act of consuming something)
- consommation noun (the amount consumed)
- consomption noun (wasting-away of the human body through disease)
Galician
2 entries- consumo noun (the act of consuming something)
- consumo noun (the amount consumed)
Georgian
1 entries- მოხმარება noun (the act of consuming something)
German
4 entries- Aufnahme noun (the act of consuming something)
- Auszehrung noun (wasting-away of the human body through disease)
- Bedarf noun (the amount consumed)
- Konsum noun (the act of consuming something)
Greek
3 entries- κατανάλωση noun (the act of consuming something)
- κατανάλωση noun (the amount consumed)
- φθίση noun (wasting-away of the human body through disease)
Hebrew
1 entries- צריכה noun (the act of consuming something)
Hindi
1 entries- उपभोग noun (the act of consuming something)
Hungarian
1 entries- fogyasztás noun (the act of consuming something)
Indonesian
1 entries- konsumsi noun (the act of consuming something)
Interlingua
1 entries- consumo noun (the act of consuming something)
Italian
4 entries- consumo noun (the act of consuming something)
- consumo noun (the amount consumed)
- consunzione noun (wasting-away of the human body through disease)
- deperimento noun (wasting-away of the human body through disease)
Japanese
1 entries- 消費 noun (the act of consuming something)
Khmer
1 entries- បម្រើបម្រាស់ noun (the amount consumed)
Korean
1 entries- 소비 noun (the act of consuming something)
Latin
1 entries- absūmēdō noun (the act of consuming something)
Macedonian
1 entries- потрошувачка noun (the act of consuming something)
Malay
2 entries- konsumsi noun (the act of consuming something)
- penggunaan noun (the act of consuming something)
Malayalam
3 entries- ഉപഭോഗം noun (the act of consuming something)
- കഴിക്കൽ noun (the act of consuming something)
- ക്ഷയം noun (wasting-away of the human body through disease)
Māori
3 entries- whakahemonga noun (the act of consuming something)
- whakapaunga noun (the amount consumed)
- whakapetotanga noun (the amount consumed)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- forbruk noun (the act of consuming something)
- konsum noun (the act of consuming something)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- forbruk noun (the act of consuming something)
- konsum noun (the act of consuming something)
Occitan
1 entries- consum noun (the act of consuming something)
Polish
3 entries- konsumpcja noun (the act of consuming something)
- konsumpcja noun (the amount consumed)
- konsumpcja noun (wasting-away of the human body through disease)
Portuguese
2 entries- consumo noun (the act of consuming something)
- consumo noun (the amount consumed)
Romanian
2 entries- consum noun (the act of consuming something)
- consum noun (the amount consumed)
Russian
4 entries- истоще́ние noun (wasting-away of the human body through disease)
- потребле́ние noun (the act of consuming something)
- потребле́ние noun (the amount consumed)
- расхо́д noun (the amount consumed)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- caitheamh noun (the act of consuming something)
- caitheamh noun (the amount consumed)
- caitheamh noun (wasting-away of the human body through disease)
Spanish
4 entries- consumición noun (the act of consuming something)
- consumición noun (the amount consumed)
- consumimiento noun (the act of consuming something)
- consumo noun (the act of consuming something)
Swedish
3 entries- konsumtion noun (the act of consuming something)
- konsumtion noun (the amount consumed)
- åtgång noun (the act of consuming something)
Tagalog
2 entries- pananaid noun (the act of consuming something)
- pananaid noun (the amount consumed)
Thai
1 entries- การบริโภค noun (the act of consuming something)
Turkish
1 entries- tüketim noun (the act of consuming something)
Ukrainian
2 entries- ви́трата noun (the act of consuming something)
- спожива́ння noun (the act of consuming something)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
The price doesn't include consumption tax.
Source: tatoeba (24432)
A 5% consumption tax is levied on purchases of most goods and services.
Source: tatoeba (33305)
Alcohol consumption is increasing every year.
Source: tatoeba (67312)
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