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consumer goods
Consumer goods are items bought by people for their own use, rather than by businesses. Compare capital goods. -
consumerism
Consumerism is the belief that it is good to buy and use a lot of goods. -
ration
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage: a daily ration of meat and bread. -
takeout
the act or fact of taking out. -
active transport
a process by which molecules are enabled to pass across a membrane from a region in which they are in a low concentration to one of high concentration; this requires the expenditure of energy in metabolism and is assisted by carrier proteins, commonly referred to as pumps -
afterburning
a process in which additional fuel is ignited in the exhaust gases of a jet engine to produce additional thrust