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consumer
What does consumer mean?
consumer (noun): a person who uses goods or services.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use consumer in a sentence?
- Consumer confidence is up. (Tatoeba sentence #5742766 by CM, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce consumer?
/kənˈsumɚ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does consumer come from?
From consume + -er.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to consumer
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “consumer” mean?
a person who uses goods or services
Right! That's what “consumer” means.
possession of controlling influence
Not quite: that's what power means.
an actual event, situation, or fact
Not quite: that's what case means.
the maximum amount that can be held
Not quite: that's what capacity means.
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