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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who uses goods or services
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("consumer" is a kind of...):
user (a person who makes use of a thing; someone who uses or employs something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "consumer"):
chewer (someone who chews (especially someone who chews tobacco))
concert-goer; music lover (someone who attends concerts)
client; customer (someone who pays for goods or services)
drinker; imbiber; juicer; toper (a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess))
drinker (a person who drinks liquids)
eater; feeder (someone who consumes food for nourishment)
prodigal; profligate; squanderer (a recklessly extravagant consumer)
smoker; tobacco user (a person who smokes tobacco)
snuff user; snuffer (a person who uses snuff)
Derivation:
consume (serve oneself to, or consume regularly)
Context examples:
A new study has found that diets both low and high in carbohydrates were linked with an increase in mortality, while moderate consumers of carbohydrates had the lowest risk of mortality.
(Moderate Carbohydrate Intake May be Best for Health, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Headey believes that if increasing taxes on unhealthy food products is not having the desired effects, something must be done to discourage consumers from choosing unhealthy food products and producers from producing them.
(High cost of healthy food to blame for malnutrition, SciDev.Net)
They are also used in cosmetics and other consumer goods.
(Babies in neonatal intensive care units are exposed to harmful chemical substances found in plastic, University of Granada)
One manufacturer, Unilever, stopped adding triclosan to its products in response to consumer demand, but says it is confident the chemical poses no threat.
(Common Ingredient in Toothpaste Puts Women at Risk of Bone Disease, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Future studies will be needed to confirm the results, as BPF and BPS are likely to replace BPA in more consumer products.
(Do Food Container Chemicals Make Us Fat?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Ultimately, these savings could be passed on to consumers.
(Transferring Sorghum’s Weed-Killing Power to Rice, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
China, the largest consumer of farm antibiotics, has advised its citizens to cut meat consumption to 40 – 70 grams per person per day or about half of the current consumption.
(Eat less meat to cut drug resistance, SciDev.Net)
It convenes a large network of dedicated advocates to give insight and feedback from the consumer's perspective to developing programs.
(Consumer Advocates in Research and Related Activities, NCI Thesaurus)
One way to learn about the quality of a facility is to look at report cards developed by federal, state, and consumer groups.
(Health Facilities, NIH)
A group of scientists, doctors, clergy, and consumers that reviews and approves the action plan for every clinical trial.
(Institutional Review Board, NCI Dictionary)
