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Consumption, in economics, the use of goods and services by households. Consumption is distinct from consumption expenditure, which is the purchase of goods and services for use by households.
ated with the American economist Thorstein Veblen who, in his 1899 classic The Theory of. the Leisure Class, coined the term conspicuous consumption to describe consumption that is. motivated by an attempt to advertise wealth.