[kənˈsjuːmə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person who purchases goods and services for personal use
(e.g: understanding what motivates consumers is more crucial than ever)

- a person or thing that eats or uses something
(e.g: Scandinavians are the largest consumers of rye)

- an organism that derives the organic compounds and energy it needs from the consumption of other organisms; a heterotroph
(e.g: consumers can't make their own food, so they have to consume other organisms for energy)


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