olemus
toote, teenuse või muu ressursi regulaarne kasutamine vajaduste rahuldamiseks, kvalitatiivne või kvantitatiivne
Wiktionary, consume, verb:
1. (transitive) to use up
6. (economics, transitive, intransitive) to trade money for good or services as an individual
7. (transitive) to absorb information, especially through the mass media

ülevaateid
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumption_(economics)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumption_(sociology)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource_consumption
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1530-9290.2008.00012.x

näiteid
https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/ieo/pdf/industrial.pdf

vt ka
- tarbimiskoht