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consumer
[ kuhn-soo-mer ]
noun
- a person or thing that consumes.
- Economics. a person or organization that uses a commodity or service.
- Ecology. an organism, usually an animal, that feeds on plants or other animals.
consumer
/ əˈːə /
noun
- a person who acquires goods and services for his or her own personal needs Compare producer
- a person or thing that consumes
- usually plural ecology an organism, esp an animal, within a community that feeds upon plants or other animals See also decomposer producer
consumer
/ ə-̅̅′ə /
- A heterotrophic organism that feeds on other organisms in a food chain.
- ◆ Herbivores that feed on green plants and detritivores that feed on decaying matter are called primary consumers. Carnivores that feed on herbivores or detritivores are called secondary consumers, while those that feed on other carnivores are called tertiary consumers.
- Compare producer
consumer
- Someone who purchases a good for personal use.
Other 51Թ Forms
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- t·Dz·ܳİ noun adjective
- ԴDzcDz·ܳİ adjective noun
- cDz·ܳİ noun
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Example Sentences
Alphabet — which makes phones, earbuds, smart speakers and other consumer electronics — also has cited tariffs among the manufacturing and supply chain risks that could harm its business.
Finance chief Matthew Friend has also cited tariffs as an example of developments that were affecting consumer confidence.
Those plans, to impose tariffs of between 10% and 50% on almost every country, have upended global trade and led to warnings that prices could soon rise for American consumers.
Here are six everyday items that could become more expensive for American consumers.
Japan, where the gaming company is based, has been hit with a 24% tariff - a cost which the firm must swallow or pass onto consumers.
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