Chiefly Sc. [f. L. type consumptus (u-stem; cf. sumptus cost, expense), f. ppl. stem of consūmĕre to CONSUME.] Consumption.

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1756.  Mrs. Calderwood, Jrnl. (1884), 82. This is but home consumpt.

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1799.  J. Robertson, Agric. Perth, 151. The consumpt of it [barley] in beer is but small.

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1880.  J. H. Burton, Reign Q. Anne, I. iv. 146. Taxes to be imposed on consumpt at home.

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1884.  St. James’s Gaz. 8 Feb., 6/2. He placed the London consumpt at 86,000 bushels.

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