I noticed that dictionaries cite 消费 as having the MW: 个 。 Is there a reason that this this particular noun has a measure word? It doesn't seem as if it were to be a word that uses a measure word.
Can any one help clarify this for me ?
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小马词典：消费 xiāo fèi to consume; CL:个 which seems very strange w/o noun(expenditure consumption consumerism(?)), also among jukuu's 100 samples for 消费, there is none w any measure word, it occurs most of the time in 消费者 or attributively– user6065Jul 22, 2017 at 10:12
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'消费' as a verb means 'to consume' and the measure word for this verb is 次, as in '消费一次'
'消费' as a noun means 'consumption; expenditure; expense' and the typical measure word for this noun is 項(item of), as in 一項消费, 多項消费
花一元买一杯咖啡也是一項消费 - Spend a dollar to buy a cup of coffee is still a (item of) consumption
花一元买一杯咖啡也是一种消费 - Spend a dollar to buy a cup of coffee is still a (kind of) consumption
Using 个 as the measure word for 消费 is less common, but it is not incorrect:
花一元买一杯咖啡也是一个消费 - Spend a dollar to buy a cup of coffee is still a (item of) consumption
If a considerable amount of money is involved, you can use 笔 (sum of)
一大笔消费 - a huge (sum of) expenditure
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Also this is only to consume as a market thing? Could you say 我消费汽油? I am pretty sure that this consume does not mean to consume food, that is only 吃掉不是吗？ Jul 22, 2017 at 20:09
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Yes '消费'( consume) in '我消费汽油' (I consume gasoline), means "I buy and use up (用掉) the gasoline."; On the other hand, "to consume (eat) food" is "吃掉食物" in Chinese, as in "我要吃掉這個蘋果" ( I want to consume/eat this apple)– Tang Ho ♦Jul 22, 2017 at 20:32