consumer
One who, or that which, consumes.
Other meanings
Someone who trades money for goods or services as an individual.
“This new system favours the consumer over the producer.”
The consumer base of a product, service or business.
“Our consumers are upwardly mobile and middle-class.”
Related words
- consumerdom
- consumerish
- consumerization
- consumerize
- consumerlike
- consumership
- cyberconsumer
- multiconsumer
- nonconsumer
- postconsumer
- preconsumer
- transumer
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “consumer” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.