personal consumption
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpersonalandconsumption
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personal
adjective
uk/ˈpɜː.sən.əl/us/ˈpɝː.sən.əl/
relating or belonging to a single or particular person rather than to a group or ...
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consumption
noun[U]
uk/kənˈsʌmp.ʃən/us/kənˈsʌmp.ʃən/
the amount used ...
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(Definition ofpersonalandconsumptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The major part of the food so produced was used forpersonalconsumptionby family members, including the families of adult children.
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We usepersonalconsumptionexpenditures of nondurables and services, consumption of durable goods, and gross fixed investment in billions of 1992 dollars.
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Three times morepersonalconsumptionexpenditure has gone on private travel, while there has been a tremendous reduction in the total share of public transport.
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This would mean, of course, thatpersonalconsumptionhas risen above the estimate that was made.
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There ispersonalconsumption; capital investment; there are the social services; and there is defence.
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There is, therefore, something like £400 million less forpersonalconsumption.
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But to attempt to take the whole burden on taxation would make an impact onpersonalconsumptionso large as to generate new inflationary pressures.
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One cannot constantly have growth ofpersonalconsumptionand also achieve decent community standards in declining areas.
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There was the public consumption expenditure, the capital development—public and private —and the private andpersonalconsumption.
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In his statement, he said that he must allow for a reasonable rate of increase inpersonalconsumption.
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It is quite possible that this will ensure that the pace of expansion will ease off without any restriction on the growth ofpersonalconsumption.
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But it was not onlypersonalconsumptionthat rose.
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I think that the optimumpersonalconsumptionis the maximum the nation can afford.
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However, curiously enough, in 1953personalconsumptionwas a smaller proportion of the gross national product than in 1951 and 1952.
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The figures refer to investment, productivity andpersonalconsumption.
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The argument that a drug is forpersonalconsumptionover a long time is a standard defence to charges of intent to supply.
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I would not argue that we can increase public expenditure and cut backpersonalconsumptionso that it does not increase.
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But there is a real argument between the relative growth rates in public expenditure andpersonalconsumption.
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It increases every year, but so doespersonalconsumption.
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