consumer

B1 Topic:People & Society

US /kənˈsumɚ/ UK /kənˈsjuːmə/ See IPA manual

noun Freq #12163

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noun
A person who buys and uses goods or services.

This new system favours the consumer over the producer.

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1 noun · a person who buys and uses... buyer customer

Word family

Forms consumers

Derived forms anti-consumeranticonsumerbusiness-to-business-to-consumerbusiness-to-consumerconsoomerconsumer-gradeconsumerdomconsumerishconsumerismconsumeristconsumerizationconsumerize

Related forms consumption

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *nem-? Proto-Indo-European *h₁em-der. Proto-Italic *emō Latin emō Latin sūmō Latin cōnsūmōder. Old French consumerbor. Middle English consumen English consume Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English consumer From consume + -er.

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# consumer

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** kənˈsumɚ
**IPA (UK):** kənˈsjuːmə
**Frequency rank:** 12163

## Meanings
1. A person who buys and uses goods or services.

## Examples
- This new system favours the consumer over the producer.

## Derived Forms
- anti-consumer
- anticonsumer
- business-to-business-to-consumer
- business-to-consumer
- consoomer
- consumer-grade
- consumerdom
- consumerish
- consumerism
- consumerist
- consumerization
- consumerize

## Related Forms
- consumption

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *nem-? Proto-Indo-European *h₁em-der. Proto-Italic *emō Latin emō Latin sūmō Latin cōnsūmōder. Old French consumerbor. Middle English consumen English consume Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English consumer From consume + -er.

## AI Etymology
Consumer is from consume plus -er. The agentive suffix ties the word to a role, participant, recipient, or instrument associated with consume; here the base names the field or object, while the suffix identifies the person or thing in that relation. In use as a noun, consumer denotes a person who buys and uses goods or services. The same word family continues in derived forms such as anti-consumer, anticonsumer, business-to-business-to-consumer, and business-to-consumer and related entries such as consumption.

## Topics
- People & Society

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