consumer
US: /kənˈsumɝ/
UK: /kənsˈuːmɐ/
UK: /kənsˈuːmɐ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
consumer /kən'sju:mə/
- danh từ
- người tiêu dùng, người tiêu thụ (hàng hoá, thực phẩm...)
- producers and consumers: những người sản xuất và những người tiêu thụ
- consumer resistance
- sự thờ ơ của khách hàng
- người tiêu dùng, người tiêu thụ (hàng hoá, thực phẩm...)
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
a person who buys goods or uses services: consumer demand / choice / rights + Health-conscious consumers want more information about the food they buy. + a consumer society (= one where buying and selling is considered to be very important) + providers and consumers of public services + Tax cuts will boost consumer confidence after the recession.
Compare: PRODUCER
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
big, great, large
The UK is the biggest consumer of tropical hardwoods after Japan.
| average, ordinary | potential | passive
Mass culture turns audiences into passive consumers, their participation limited to the choice between buying and not buying.
| sophisticated | domestic, foreign | commercial, industrial | green
Green consumers should be wary of manufacturers' claims that their products are environmentally friendly.
| electricity, energy
VERB + CONSUMER
supply
supplying domestic consumers
| persuade | exploit
to exploit consumers by charging a high price
| protect
What can be done to protect the ordinary consumer from unscrupulous service operators?
| satisfy
CONSUMER + VERB
buy sth, spend sth
CONSUMER + NOUN
durables, electronics, goods, products, services
the market for consumer durables
| attitudes, awareness, behaviour, choice, confidence, demand, expenditure, needs, preferences, spending, tastes | protection, rights | group, organization, watchdog
Consumer watchdogs have accused banks of ‘appalling arrogance’ in the way they treat customers.
| society
We are living in a consumer society.
| market | prices | boom
Government policy encouraged a consumer boom followed by a deep recession.
| boycott
The country could face a consumer boycott of its beef exports.
PREP.
among ~
two years of research among consumers
Concise English dictionary
consumers-mə
noun
+a person who uses goods or services
