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Meaning of consumer | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
kənˈsjuːmə

Definitions

  1. One who, or that which, consumes
  2. One who, or that which, consumes.
  3. Someone who trades money for goods or services as an individual
  4. Someone who trades money for goods or services as an individual.
  5. The consumer base of a product, service or business
  6. The consumer base of a product, service or business.
    broadly
  7. An organism (heterotroph) that uses other organisms for food in order to gain energy
  8. An organism (heterotroph) that uses other organisms for food in order to gain energy.

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”
“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.”
“A second estimate of gross domestic product, released Thursday, showed that consumer spending was weaker in the first three months of the year than initially reported.”
“Our consumers are upwardly mobile and middle-class.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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