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Consumer

/kənˈsjuːmə/

One who, or that which, consumes.

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📖 Definitions of "Consumer"

noun

1
One who, or that which, consumes.
2
Someone who trades money for goods or services as an individual.
"This new system favours the consumer over the producer."
3
(by extension) The consumer base of a product, service or business.
"Our consumers are upwardly mobile and middle-class."
4
An organism (heterotroph) that uses other organisms for food in order to gain energy.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Consumer"

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Word	Definition
usernoun	One who uses or makes use of something, a consumer or client or an express or implied licensee (free user) or a trespasser.
customernoun	A patron, a client; a person or company who purchases or receives a product or service from a business or merchant, or intends to do so.
clientnoun	A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services.
agentnoun	One who exerts power, or has the power to act.
commoditynoun	(business) Anything movable (a good) that is bought and sold.
consumerismnoun	A materialistic attachment to possessions with a heavy use of consumables; a lifestyle based on such tendencies.
buyernoun	A person who makes one or more purchases.
retailnoun	(business) The sale of goods directly to the consumer, encompassing the storefronts, mail-order, websites, etc., and the corporate mechanisms, branding, advertising, etc. that support them.
purchasernoun	One who purchases.
purchasingnoun	An act or process of making a purchase.
marketnoun	Any physical store selling groceries, such as a grocery store or convenience store.
excisenoun	A tax charged on goods produced within the country (as opposed to customs duties, charged on goods from outside the country).
spendingnoun	An amount that has been, or is planned to be spent.
shoppingnoun	The process of buying goods or services, or searching for those suitable to buy.
efficiencynoun	The extent to which a resource is used for the intended purpose.
usenoun	Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
compositenoun	A mixture of different components.
uptakenoun	Absorption, especially of food or nutrient by an organism.
publicnoun	(countable, uncountable) Chiefly preceded by the: members of the community or the people in general, regardless of membership of any particular group.
consummationnoun	The act of consummating, or the state of being consummated; the state of being completed; completion.