Definition of Consumer

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consumer
n. buyer; someone or something which consumes

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Consumer Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries

DOD Dictionary of Military Terms
consumer
Person or agency that uses information or intelligence produced by either its own staff or other agencies.
  


Consumer Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Consumer
(n.)
One who, or that which, consumes; as, the consumer of food.
  

WordNet 2.0
consumer

Noun
1. a person who uses goods or services
(hypernym) user
(hyponym) chewer
(derivation) consume, ingest, take in, take, have

hEnglish - advanced version

JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary
Yswr
Yswr = n. a consumer



The 'Lectric Law Library
Consumer
Individual who purchases,uses, maintains, and disposes of products and services.


Consumer Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries

EIA Energy Glossary
Consumer (energy)
Any individually metered dwelling, building, establishment, or location using natural gas, synthetic natural gas, and/or mixtures of natural and supplemental gas for feedstock or as fuel for any purpose other than in oil or gas lease operations; natural gas treating or processing plants; or pipeline, distribution, or storage compressors.

Bureau of Labor Statistics Glossary
Consumer unit (Consumer Expenditures)
A consumer unit comprises either: (1) all members of a particular household who are related by blood, marriage, adoption, or other legal arrangements; (2) a person living alone or sharing a household with others or living as a roomer in a private home or lodging house or in permanent living quarters in a hotel or motel, but who is financially independent; or (3) two or more persons living together who pool their income to make joint expenditure decisions. Financial independence is determined by the three major expense categories: Housing, food, and other living expenses. To be considered financially independent, at least two of the three major expense categories have to be provided by the respondent.

Physical Geography Terms and Meanings
Consumer
Organism who gets its organic nutrient from the consumption of tissues of producers and other consumers because it cannot synthesize the organic nutrients in requires. Several different kinds of consumers have been recognized including: carnivores, herbivores, and detritivores.


Consumer Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries

Raynet Business & Marketing Glossary
Consumer
1. the final user of a product or service; can be different from the customer.
2. the eventual user of a product; not necessarily the customer (see customer).

eng-iso
Consumer
The external customer to whom a product or service is ultimately delivered; Also called end user.

Blackblot - Product Management Expertise™
Consumer
An individual or household that buy and use goods and services created by industries.
 

Company Info: Ticker, Name, Description
CPSS
Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc.
Exchange: Nasdaq
Purchases, sells and services retail automobile installment sale contracts originated by new-car franchise dealers which sell both new and used automobiles, light trucks and passenger vans.


Consumer Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries

JDK Doc(JAVA)
consumer
- Variable in class java.awt.image.ImageFilter 
protected ImageConsumer consumer
The consumer of the particular image data stream for which this instance of the ImageFilter is filtering data. It is not initialized during the constructor, but rather during the getFilterInstance() method call when the FilteredImageSource is creating a unique instance of this object for a particular image data stream.See Also:  getFilterInstance(java.awt.image.ImageConsumer) , ImageConsumer


Consumer Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
Consumer
This article is about consumers in economics. For the article about consumers in biology, see Heterotroph.
Consumers refers to individuals or households that purchase and use goods and services generated within the economy. The concept of a consumer is used in different contexts, so that the usage and significance of the term may vary.

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