CONSUMER


Meaning of CONSUMER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kən-ˈsü-mər ]

noun

Usage: often attributive

Date: 15th century

: one that consumes: as

a. : one that utilizes economic goods

b. : an organism requiring complex organic compounds for food which it obtains by preying on other organisms or by eating particles of organic matter — compare producer 3

• con·sum·er·ship -ˌship noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.