consumer Definition
con·sumer (kən so̵̅o̅m′ər)
noun
a person or thing that consumes; specif., a person who buys goods or services for personal needs and not for resale or to use in the production of other goods for resale
consumer Synonyms
consumer Law Definition
n
One who purchases or leases
goods or services for his or her own personal, family, household, or other
nonbusiness use.
consumer Usage Examples
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.
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