consumption
purchase and use of goods and services
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Summary
consumption ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,737 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: purchasing[2]
- Part of: economy[3]
- Commons category: Consumption[4]
- Distribution format: consumer[5]
- Said to be the same as: consumption[6]
- Unicode character: 💸[7]
- Has cause: consumer[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Consumption[9]
- Facet of: economics[10]
- Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11], New International Encyclopedia[12]
- Main Wikidata property: P2292[13], P2662[14]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C66716[15]
- Studied by: sociology of consumption[16], consumer economics[17], History of consumption[18]
Why It Matters
consumption has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] consumption is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]