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consumer

Refers to the casual user in contrast to the professional user. Consumer products vary in quality, ranging from flimsy, inexpensive devices to very well made; however, the term implies non-professional usage. See prosumer and consumer electronics.

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consumer

1. a person who acquires goods and services for his or her own personal needs

2. Ecology an organism, esp an animal, within a community that feeds upon plants or other animals

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consumer [kən′süm·ər]

(ecology)

A nutritional grouping in the food chain of an ecosystem, composed of heterotrophic organisms, chiefly animals, which ingest other organisms or particulate organic matter.