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Synonyms for consumer

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuh n-soo-mer
Phonetic Transcription : kənˈsu mər

Définition of consumer

Origin :
  • early 15c., "one who squanders or wastes," agent noun from consume. In economic sense, "one who uses up goods or articles" (opposite of producer) from 1745. Consumer goods is attested from 1890. In U.S., consumer price index calculated since 1919, tracking "changes in the prices paid by urban consumers for a representative basket of goods and services" [Bureau of Labor Statistics]; abbreviation CPI is attested by 1971.
  • noun person who buys merchandise, services
Example sentences :
  • From the jobber they go to the grocer, who delivers them to the consumer.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • The second has to do with the journey from mill to consumer.
  • Extract from : « The Fabric of Civilization » by Anonymous
  • The same can be said of the margins between the wholesaler and the consumer.
  • Extract from : « Herbert Hoover » by Vernon Kellogg
  • The variety has not found favor with either grower or consumer.
  • Extract from : « Manual of American Grape-Growing » by U. P. Hedrick
  • He is an employee of somebody, an employer of somebody, and a consumer.
  • Extract from : « The Ghost in the White House » by Gerald Stanley Lee
  • The consumer, after all, is the person most to blame, for he has the power to control all the rest.
  • Extract from : « The Booklover and His Books » by Harry Lyman Koopman
  • Because at a higher price the consumer can't afford to buy it.
  • Extract from : « The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice » by Stephen Leacock
  • To bring most articles to the hands of the consumer should be a simple business.
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 445 » by Various
  • The consumer is rich in proportion as he buys at a low price.
  • Extract from : « Sophisms of the Protectionists » by Frederic Bastiat
  • What on the other side is the immediate interest of the consumer?
  • Extract from : « Sophisms of the Protectionists » by Frederic Bastiat

Antonyms for consumer

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