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consumer

Pronunciation: /kənˈsjuːmə/

The English word “consumer” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

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

Etymology

From consume + -er.

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