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non-conˈsumption
[non- 1.]
Refusal to consume certain articles of food (in U.S. Hist.: cf. non-importation). Also attrib.
1774Chron. in Ann. Reg. 215 As a non-consumption agreement..will be an effectual security for the observation of the non-importation, we..solemnly agree..that we will not purchase or use any tea imported on account of the East-India company [etc.]. 1774J. Adams Wks. (1854) IX. 347, I believe we shall agree to non-importation, non-consumption, and non-exportation. 1961L. E. Davis et al. Amer. Econ. Hist. iii. 54 The net..addition to a nation's capital stock..must be the result of nonconsumption of national product. |