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con·sumer (kən so̵̅o̅m′ər)
noun
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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The most desirable mental state for a potential consumeris a kind of free-floating anxietyand depression, combined with a nice collection of unrealistic goals and desires.
The consumer isn't a moron. She's your wife.
The consumer, so it is said, is the kingeach is a voter who uses his money as votes to get the things done that he wants done.
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