Consumer
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /kənˈsjuːmə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Consumer is a noun meaning One who, or that which, consumes.
Meaning
One who, or that which, consumes.
More Meanings
- (economics) Someone who trades money for goods or services as an individual.
- (by extension) The consumer base of a product, service or business.
- (ecology) An organism (heterotroph) that uses other organisms for food in order to gain energy.
Example Sentences
Our consumers are upwardly mobile and middle-class.
This new system favours the consumer over the producer.
Almost two-thirds of American consumers have at least one unspent gift card tucked away in a drawer, pocket, wallet or purse.
A second estimate of gross domestic product, released Thursday, showed that consumer spending was weaker in the first three months of the year than initially reported.
Word Forms
- consumers
Antonyms for consumer
Common opposites include producer.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include user, customer, client, agent, commodity, consumerism.
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