consumer

Possessives

tap: The number of bacteriological failures at consumers ' taps was not significantly different from previous years.

Converse of object

• protect: Consumer Protection Measures The Stop Now Orders regime will be extended to protect consumers from traders who do not meet their legal obligations.
• educate: Their TV program about our investigation will hopefully help to educate Italian consumers about the suffering involved in providing them with their meat.
• empower: These measures have one thing in common they all aim to empower consumers to make informed decisions.
• inform: The company involved took prompt remedial action to remove the product from sale and inform consumers.
• reassure: The £ 2m campaign will reassure consumers that Maltesers are the ' lighter way to enjoy chocolate ' .
• enable: The top section of the back panels was used to display the new designs to enable the consumers to become familiar with them.

Adjective modifier

• vulnerable: We have been urging for a long time that suppliers should consider the possibility of a social tariff to help vulnerable consumers.
• discerning: It is said that modern society has made people literate and this has enabled them to be discerning consumers of an ever-expanding cultural output.
• savvy: Consumer Jungle " Consumer Jungle is a new web-based program that helps turn high school students into savvy consumers without putting them to sleep.
• conscious: Focused on esthetics, Arc is a functional room for the garden which will appeal to design conscious consumers.
• ethical: Bio-D is a family firm based in Hull, and was recommended by the Ethical Consumer as the best buy for cleaning materials.
• informed: As individuals, there are things we can do to improve the situation, firstly as informed consumers, and secondly as campaigners.

Modifies a noun

• electronics: We went on to make DIRECTV one of the fastest selling products in the history of consumer electronics at the time.
• spending: I can't offer any great insight or predictions as to the current state of the economy or consumer spending habits.
• protection: What are your views on the set of consumer protection measures set out in Chapter 7?
• confidence: Flagging consumer confidence is the main reason behind Yes Car's troubles.
• watchdog: She remains at the consumer watchdog as Personal Assistant to the Chief Executive.
• demand: How will consumer demand change over time for exotic species?

Noun used with modifier

electricity: By the end of March 2000 5.5 million gas consumers and 4 million electricity consumers were no longer with their traditional supplier.