consumer in English dictionary

  • consumer

    Meanings and definitions of "consumer"

    • One who, or that which, consumes.
    • (economics) someone who trades money for goods as an individual.
    • (biology) an organism that uses other organisms for food in order to gain energy.
    • noun
      One who, or that which, consumes.
    • noun
      (economics)
      someone who trades money for goods as an individual.
    • noun
      (by extension)
      The consumer base of a product, service or business.
    • noun
      (ecology)
      an organism (heterotroph) that uses other organisms for food in order to gain energy.
    • In a Web Parts connection, a server control that receives data from a provider control and processes or displays it. A consumer can be any type of server control, but must be designed to function as a consumer. A consumer must have a special callback method marked with a ConnectionConsumerAttribute attribute in the source code. This method receives data from the provider in the form of an interface instance.
    • An organism requiring complex organic compounds for food which it obtains by preying on other organisms or by eating particles of organic matter.
    • An individual or organization who purchases and uses goods or services.
    • person purchasing goods
    • consumer (use)
    • (fencing) master
    • noun
      a person who uses goods or services

    Synonyms of "consumer" in English dictionary

    Another word for "consumer" in the English thesaurus is user.

    Grammar and declension of consumer

    • consumer ( plural  consumers)
    • consumer (plural consumers)
  • Consumer

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