consumer
- noun
- /kənˈsuːmər/
- There is nothing more powerful than service providers and consumers joining together for a common goal.
- consumer goods
- consumer products
- consumer prices
It's just that at some point consumers might revolt.
- It's just that at some point consumers might revolt.
- This is not just a consumer transaction.
- As price goes up, consumers want fewer roses.
- I'm not, like, a huge consumer of romance movies.
- You have the power of the consumer behind you.
- They're good, but I as just like a consumer probably wouldn't.
- So we'll be seeing a shift in terms of consumer preference soon, no doubt.
- Their response was, consumers have told us that they like oats.
- It's mind boggling how much choice consumers have out there and they're fickle.
- Well, if you're a consumer, you start asking questions.
- CON laws are a bad deal for both consumers and entrepreneurs.
- And there is some career content consumers in this bitch right now.
Examples
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Part of the answer is for UK consumers to buy British fish.
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By simply purchasing our product, the consumer can make a small, easy step to a greener Earth.
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But why would you, the general consumer, care about that?
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You have the power of the consumer behind you.
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Now what you get is consumers are worse off.
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This is not just a consumer transaction.
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In doing so, they may create better markets in which consumers have access to better information.
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So we'll be seeing a shift in terms of consumer preference soon, no doubt.
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Well, consumer polling is very important to the health of any business.
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As a consumer, she carefully read the labels before purchasing the product.
Synonyms
A person or company that buys from a business
A person who operates a machine or relies on a service
A person who pays money to get goods or services
A person who goes to stores to look for and buy things
A person who buys goods or property
People who use a product or service, not makers and sellers
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
An official measure of how prices people pay for goods and services change over time
- Specialized
Money that a person borrows for personal or family costs and repays with interest
- Specialized
Study of what customers want and do to help businesses make marketing choices
- Specialized
A business that lends money to people who cannot get loans from banks
How Materialistic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word consumer comes from the Latin verb consumere, from con- 'together' and sumere 'take', and it originally meant 'to use up'. So a consumer today is someone who buys and uses goods or services.