Look up: consumer


  1. consumer
    Any organism which must consume other organisms (living or dead) to satisfy its energy needs. Contrast with autotroph.
    Found op http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5ecol.html

  2. Consumer
    A consumer is a living thing that eats other living things to survive. It cannot make its own food (unlike most plants, which are producers ). Primary consumers eat producers, secondary consumers eat primary consumers, and so on. There are always many more primary consumers than secondary consumers,...
    Found op http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/glossary/

  3. consumer
    An end user of any product or service. A shopper or customer. The final link in the chain of product distribution
    Found op http://www.fmi.org/facts_figs/glossary_search.cfm

  4. Consumer
    A hetertrophic organism or population, usually animal, fungus or virus that utilises dead or living organic matter as food.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  5. consumer
    (Living things in their environment) organisms that get their energy by eating either green plants or other consumers. Primary consumers feed on plant material and secondary consumers feed primarily on animal material
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  6. Consumer
    Individual who buys and uses a product or service
    Found op http://www.cim.co.uk/resources/glossary/home.xhtml?letter=c

  7. consumer
    [n] - a person who uses goods or services
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=consumer

  8. consumer
    people who drink soft drinks
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20509

  9. consumer
    Person who purchases goods and services. Consumers demand goods which businesses provide, and they need to be protected by law from unfair traders; hence...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  10. Consumer
    a person who buys goods or services but not as part of their business. A company can be a consumer for contracts not related to its business
    Found op http://www.businessballs.com/businesscontractstermsdefinitionsglossary.htm

  11. Consumer
    Con·sum'er (-ẽr) noun One who, or that which, consumes; as, the consumer of food.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/145

  12. consumer
    noun a person who uses goods or services
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=consumer



  1. Consumer
    • (n.) One who, or that which, consumes; as, the consumer of food.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/consumer/

  2. consumer
    (from the article `zoology`) ...they maintain and reproduce themselves at the expense of energy from sunlight and inorganic materials taken from the nonliving environment around ... [3 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/133

  3. consumer
    (from the article `consumption`) In their studies of consumption, economists generally draw upon a common theoretical framework by assuming that consumers base their expenditures on ... ...sides to the analysis of price and value: the supply side and the demand side. If cost can be said to underlie ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/133

  4. consumer
    consumer 1. Someone who buys goods or services. 2. Someone or something that consumes something, by eating it, drinking it, or using it up. 3. In an ecological community or food chain, an organism that feeds on other organisms, or on materials derived from them. Consumers include herbivorous and car...
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2068/

  5. Consumer
    [disambiguation] A consumer is person or group that uses products. Consumer or Consumers may also refer to: ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_(disambiguation)

  6. Consumer
    A consumer is a person or group of people that are the final users of products and or services generated within a social system. A consumer may be a person or group, such as a household. The concept of a consumer may vary significantly by context. ==Economics and marketing== The consumer is the one...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer

  7. Consumer
    An organism that receives the nutrients (food) required for maintenance, growth, and reproduction from the consumption of tissues of producers and/or other consumers. Also called a heterotroph. Several different kinds of consumers have been recognized including: carnivores, omnivores, scavengers, he...
    Found op http://www.physicalgeography.net/physgeoglos/c.html

  8. consumer
    a user of electricity provided by an electricity supply system, generally a distribution system
    Found op http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/display?openform&ievref=604-01-03

  9. consumer
    the party who receives electricity from the supply or distribution undertaking
    Found op http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/display?openform&ievref=691-01-04

  10. consumer
    person who buys things
    Found op http://www.eslgold.com/acad_vocab_definitions.html

  11. Consumer
    The ultimate user of goods, ideas or services. Also the buyer or decision maker, for example, the parent selecting children's books is the consumer.
    Found op http://archive.ifla.org/VII/s34/pubs/glossary.htm

  12. Consumer
    Individual who purchases,uses, maintains, and disposes of products and services.
    Found op http://www.lectlaw.com/def/c116.htm

  13. consumer
    Person who purchases goods and services. Consumers demand goods which businesses provide, and they need to be protected by law from unfair traders; hence the need for consumer protection acts and the work of consumer bodies such as the Consumers' Association
    Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0038001.html

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