consumer

[Eng. consum(e); -er.] 1. Ord. Lang.: One who consumes, uses up, wastes, or destroys. 2. Polit. Econ.: One who uses, and in using destroys, the value of an article produced. côn-sum-ing, pr. par., a. & 8. [CONSUME.] A. & B. As pr . par . & particip . adj.: (See the deliberative, consultive , knowing act." - Bp. Taylor. *con-sult-ive-ly, adv . [Eng. consultive ; -ly.] verb.) Of deliberate purpose, deliberately. "Therefore consultively I overslip it."-Nashe: Lenten Stuffe . C. As subst.: The act or proce of using up, wasting, or destroying; consumption. con'-sum-mar, s. [Eng. consum(e); -able.] [Hind. khánsámán.] A very