CONSUMER

consumer

(noun) a person who uses goods or services

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

consumer (plural consumers)

One who, or that which, consumes.

(economics) Someone who trades money for goods or services as an individual.

(by extension) The consumer base of a product, service or business.

(ecology) An organism (heterotroph) that uses other organisms for food in order to gain energy.

Antonyms

• (economics) and (biology): producer

Anagrams

• cornmuse, mucrones

Source: Wiktionary


Con*sum"er, n.

Definition: One who, or that which, consumes; as, the consumer of food.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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