consumer: translation
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ big, great, heavy, large
▪ We are the biggest consumers of tropical hardwoods after Japan.
▪ average, ordinary
▪ individual
▪ potential, target (esp. AmE)
▪ passive
▪ Mass culture turns audiences into passive consumers.
▪ smart (AmE), sophisticated
▪ domestic
▪ industrial (esp.AmE)
▪ online
▪ green
▪ Green consumers should be wary of manufacturers' claims that their products are environmentally friendly.
▪ foreign
▪ electricity, energy
VERB + CONSUMER
▪ offer, provide, supply
▪ We supply domestic consumers
▪ reach, target
▪ educate, persuade
▪ exploit
▪ They exploit consumers by charging high prices.
▪ protect
▪ What can be done to protect the ordinary consumer from unscrupulous operators?
▪ satisfy
CONSUMER + VERB
▪ buy sth, pay sth, spend sth
▪ demand sth, need sth, want sth
CONSUMER + NOUN
▪ applications, brands, devices, durables (BrE), electronics, goods, products, services
▪ the market for consumer durables
▪ attitudes, awareness, behaviour/behavior, choice, confidence, demand, interest, needs, preferences, tastes, trends
▪ Economists forecast that falling consumer confidence will cut into household purchases.
▪ education, research
▪ credit, debt, expenditure, loan (esp. AmE), spending
▪ protection, rights
▪ advocate (AmE), group, organization, watchdog
▪ Consumer watchdogs have accused banks of ‘appalling arrogance’ in the way they treat customers.
▪ culture, society
▪ We are living in a consumer society.
▪ market, sector
▪ prices
▪ the consumer prices index (BrE, AmE)
▪ the consumer price index (BrE)
▪ boom (esp. BrE)
▪ Government policy encouraged a consumer boom.
▪ boycott
▪ The country could face a consumer boycott of its exports.
PREPOSITION
▪ among consumer
▪ two years of research among consumers