consumers (noun)

  • 61reassurance — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ great ▪ a little ▪ Consumers need a little reassurance after all this bad publicity. ▪ little ▪ She received little reassurance or sympathy …

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  • 62recession — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ bad, deep, major, serious, severe, sharp, steep ▪ It was the worst recession since the war. ▪ …

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  • 63gasometer — noun a large tank in which gas for use as fuel is stored before being distributed to consumers …

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  • 64middleman — noun (plural middlemen) 1》 a person who buys goods from producers and sells them to retailers or consumers. 2》 a person who arranges business or political deals between other people …

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  • 65purchase tax — noun a tax added to the price of goods sold to consumers …

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  • 66ring main — noun Brit. 1》 an electrical supply serving a series of consumers and returning to the original source. 2》 an electric circuit serving a number of power points, with one fuse in the supply …

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  • 67social credit — noun the economic theory that consumer purchasing power should be increased either by subsidizing producers so that they can lower prices or by distributing the profits of industry to consumers …

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  • 68subliminal advertising — noun advertising that uses images and sounds to influence consumers in a subliminal way …

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  • 69substation — noun 1》 a set of equipment reducing the high voltage of electrical power transmission to that suitable for supply to consumers. 2》 a subordinate police station or fire station. 3》 N. Amer. a small local post office …

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  • 70movement — noun 1 GROUP (C) a group of people who share the same ideas or beliefs and work together to achieve a particular aim: the civil rights movement | The nationalist movement did not have widespread support. 2 MOVING a) (C, U) a change in the place… …

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