consumer
noun
- organism in an ecological food chain that receives energy by consuming other organisms
- person or group of people that are the final users of products and or services; one who pays something to consume goods and services produced
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /kənˈsjuːmə/ / /kənˈʃuːmə/ / /kənˈsumɚ/
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *h₁em-der. Proto-Italic *emō Latin emō Latin sūmō Latin cōnsūmōder. Old French consumerbor. Middle English consumen English consume Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English consumer From consume + -er.
- One who, or that which, consumes.
“But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries. By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal.”
- Someone who trades money for goods or services as an individual.
“This new system favours the consumer over the producer.”
“Almost two-thirds of American consumers have at least one unspent gift card tucked away in a drawer, pocket, wallet or purse.”
- The consumer base of a product, service or business.
“Our consumers are upwardly mobile and middle-class.”
- An organism (heterotroph) that uses other organisms for food in order to gain energy.