a person or thing that consumes; specif., a person who buys goods or services for personal needs and not for resale
These people are consumers.
The definition of a consumer is a person that buys goods and services.
An example of consumer is a person who purchases a new television.
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consumer
noun
- One that consumes, especially one that acquires goods or services for direct use or ownership rather than for resale or use in production and manufacturing.
- Ecology A heterotrophic organism that ingests other organisms or organic matter in a food chain.
Related Forms:
- con·sum′er·ship′
noun
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A heterotrophic organism that feeds on other organisms in a food chain.
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Noun
(plural consumers)
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consumer - Computer Definition
The average user in contrast to the professional user. Consumer products vary in quality, ranging from flimsy, inexpensive devices to very well made; however, the term implies non-professional usage. See prosumer and consumer electronics.
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consumer - Legal Definition
n
One who purchases or leases
goods or services for his or her own personal, family, household, or other
nonbusiness use.
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Sentence Examples
- There was a rising worldwide consumption of consumer goods.
- The gas is distributed to the consumer from the wells in wrought-iron pipes, ranging in diameter from 20 in.
- Since war historically has interrupted the flow of consumer goods, and would do so even more in our present interconnected world, preserving our hard-earned possessions provides an additional disincentive to war.
- The United States is the gleatest lead producer and consumer in the world, its percentage of the total output and consumption averaging 30.4% and 32-5% respectively in the years 1904-1908.
- Moreover, the native population itself constitutes a large consumer of these oils.
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