total consumption
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftotalandconsumption
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total
adjective
uk/ˈtəʊ.təl/us/ˈtoʊ.t̬əl/
including ...
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consumption
noun[U]
uk/kənˈsʌmp.ʃən/us/kənˈsʌmp.ʃən/
the amount used ...
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(Definition oftotalandconsumptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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These are chosen in part because of their current and potential future environmental impact, not just on share oftotalconsumptionon a global scale.
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Thetotalconsumptionwas then compared with import figures from the trade statistics to see whether the data was reliable.
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Also, long-term growth is a linear expansion oftotalconsumptionpossibilities without any structural changes in production.
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Altogether this implies an upward trend in total income,totalconsumptionand investments.
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Thetotalconsumptionwas summed up as grams per day.
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The producer agent informs the production agent of thetotalconsumptionand potentially about additional need.
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The share oftotalconsumptioncoming from domestic production rose immediately to 24 per cent.
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Therefore, we assume an increase in theirtotalconsumption.
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Costs in added life-years, or mortality costs, are equal tototalconsumptionminus total production in these years (17).
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The most probable explanation istotalconsumptionof propagules and seedlings by herbivores.
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We have performed this analysis with consumption measured astotalconsumptionexpenditures.
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Finally, an alternative way of measuring consumption would be to usetotalconsumptionexpenditures, including purchases of nondurables, services, and durable consumption goods.
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The latter two series together always amount to less than 1% oftotalconsumptionexpenditure.
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For instance, a forecast can be made for thetotalconsumptionof a single product, the consumption of that product by a country or by a customer and so on.
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Changes in mortality costs are equal to changes intotalconsumptionminus changes in the total production due to a change in mortality from the intervention (17).
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The umultive constraint, for example, requires that a set of tasks be scheduled so that, at any given time, theirtotalconsumptionof resources is within bounds.
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The share of oil and gas in thetotalconsumptionof primary commercial energy has increased between 1950-1 and 1990-1, whereas the share of coal has declined.
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It is estimated, however, that thetotalconsumptionof sugar, exclusive of brewers' sugar, during 1915, was about 1,750,000 tons.
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In the eight years to 1989, total investment rose twice as fast astotalconsumption.
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Theirtotalconsumptionin terms of quantity of newsprint used is very small indeed and cannot make any significant difference to our total newsprint budget.
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