consumer
/kənˈsumɚ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.56 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One who, or that which, consumes.
noun
The consumer base of a product, service or business.
noun
An organism (heterotroph) that uses other organisms for food in order to gain energy.
Example Sentences
- "But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries. By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal."
- "This new system favours the consumer over the producer."
- "Almost two-thirds of American consumers have at least one unspent gift card tucked away in a drawer, pocket, wallet or purse."
- "A second estimate of gross domestic product, released Thursday, showed that consumer spending was weaker in the first three months of the year than initially reported."
- "Our consumers are upwardly mobile and middle-class."
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 *h₁em- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₁émeti 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.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /kənˈsumɚ/
- British English: /kənˈsjuːmə/