consumer
/kənˈsumɚ/ noun B1- One who, or that which, consumes.
- 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.
- An organism (heterotroph) that uses other organisms for food in order to gain energy.
Plural consumers
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Brands now produce massive amounts of clothing at lightning speed to satisfy consumer demand.
Consequently, consumers discard millions of tons of wearable clothing every single year.
Fortunately, many consumers are finally starting to wake up to these alarming environmental facts.
Before buying a new product or booking a hotel room, most consumers check online reviews.
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