Definitions for consumer
kənˈsu mərcon·sumer

Princeton's WordNet(4.26 / 15 votes)Rate this definition:

1. consumer(noun)

   a person who uses goods or services

GCIDE(3.73 / 11 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Consumer(n.)

   (Econ.) the person or organization that uses some item of commerce or service in its own acitities, as opposed to reselling the item or including it as part of another item for resale; -- called also the end user.

Wiktionary(3.83 / 6 votes)Rate this definition:

1. consumer(Noun)

   One who, or that which, consumes.

2. consumer(Noun)

   someone who trades money for goods as an individual.

   This new system favours the consumer over the producer.

3. consumer(Noun)

   an organism that uses other organisms for food in order to gain energy.

Webster Dictionary(3.20 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Consumer(noun)

   one who, or that which, consumes; as, the consumer of food

Freebase(3.62 / 8 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Consumer

   A consumer is a person or group of people who are the final users of products and or services generated within a social system. A consumer may be a person or group, such as a household. The concept of a consumer may vary significantly by context, although a common definition is an individual who buys products or services for personal use and not for manufacture or resale.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms(3.29 / 7 votes)Rate this definition:

1. consumer

   Person or agency that uses information or intelligence produced by either its own staff or other agencies.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'consumer' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2317

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'consumer' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4258

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'consumer' in Nouns Frequency: #703

How to pronounce consumer?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say consumer in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of consumer in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of consumer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of consumer in a Sentence

1. Tim Devaney:

   The Apple Card is consumer-friendly.

2. Peter Boockvar:

   This is going to damper consumer spending.

3. David Ogilvy:

   The consumer isn't a moron. She is your wife.

4. Chief Financial Officer Brett Biggs:

   We still feel good about the consumer overall.

5. Mark Dopp:

   Frankly a lot of consumer complaints are bogus.

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