- a person who buys goods or uses services
- an increase in consumer demand
- links between producers and consumers
- Health-conscious consumers want more information about the food they buy.
- a consumer culture/society (= one where buying and selling is considered to be very important)
- a consumer watchdog (= somebody whose job is to protect consumers' rights)
- The consumer (= consumers as a group) is well served by competition.
- This tool may be considered too expensive for the average consumer.
- consumer of something consumers of news/electricity/healthcare
- providers and consumers of public services
- We need to educate consumers about this technology.
Extra ExamplesTopics Businessb1- Consumer watchdogs have accused banks of ‘appalling arrogance’ in the way they treat customers.
- Government policy encouraged a consumer boom followed by a deep recession.
- Green consumers should be wary of manufacturers' claims that their products are environmentally friendly.
- Mass culture turns audiences into passive consumers, their participation limited to the choice between buying and not buying.
- The UK is the biggest consumer of tropical hardwoods after Japan.
- The country could face a consumer boycott of its beef exports.
- They exploit consumers by charging high prices.
- We are living in a consumer society.
- We are the biggest consumers of tropical hardwoods after Japan.
- We supply domestic consumers
- What can be done to protect the ordinary consumer from unscrupulous operators?
- two years of research among consumers
- The big stores are, of course, responding to consumer demand.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- great
- heavy
- …
- offer
- provide
- supply
- …
- buy something
- pay something
- spend something
- …
- applications
- brands
- devices
- …
- among consumers
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