Definitions for consumer
kənˈsu mərcon·sumer

Princeton's WordNet(3.88 / 17 votes)Rate this definition:

1. consumer(noun)

   a person who uses goods or services

GCIDE(3.84 / 12 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(3.71 / 7 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(3.33 / 6 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Consumer(noun)

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

Freebase(3.45 / 11 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?

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   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. Dave McClure:

   For a lot of consumer start-ups, it's not always obvious how you are going to monetize and there is a lot of competition for eyeballs, for a lot of B2Bs, as long as you are able to get the initial customer in place there is a lot of potential for making money and continuing that business.

2. Charlotte Slaiman:

   FUTURISTIC FLYING CAR HOVERS ABOUT THE GROUND FOR ABOUT A MINUTE Big Tech firms could face stiff penalties under a new bill. APPLE ENDS PRACTICE OF SIRI CONTRACTORS LISTENING IN ON USERS Attorney General William Barrs Justice Department has opened a broad antitrust inquiry into potentially anti-competitive behavior from Amazon, Google and Facebook. Without the discipline of meaningful market-based competition, digital platforms may act in ways that are not responsive to consumer demands, Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim of the Antitrust Division said in a previously released statement. The Departments antitrust review will explore these important issues. According to the Democratic senators, their legistation has the backing of several consumer watchdog and antitrust policy groups. Senator Klobuchars legislation will put new teeth into our antitrust laws by empowering enforcers and courts to impose significant financial penalties when a corporation abuses its dominance in the marketplace.

3. Art Hogan:

   Lower gas prices continue to add to the wallet and the consumer's level of confidence, the over-arching trend here is you have to be in the right place.

4. Rushabh Doshi:

   There was a huge challenge with the stigma attached to Chinese brands initially, a lot of new vendors are testing out online retail first, trying to see if the brand is picking up in India and then ramping up their operations based on the feedback they get from the consumer base.

5. Vinay Mahtani:

   For example certain areas of the project have had to be redesigned as we repositioned ourselves in order meet the ever-changing consumer and market needs. We have also faced logistical issues such as congestion in the ports, which has meant our building materials arrived at site behind schedule.

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