individual consumer
collocation in Englishmeaningsofindividualandconsumer
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individual
adjective
uk/ˌɪn.dɪˈvɪdʒ.u.əl/us/ˌɪn.dəˈvɪdʒ.u.əl/
existing and considered separately from the other things or people in ...
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consumer
noun[C]
uk/kənˈsjuː.mər/us/kənˈsuː.mɚ/
a person who buys goods or services for their ...
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(Definition ofindividualandconsumerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This method compares the similarity of responses betweenindividualconsumerattitudes (represented in rows of data) by computing the average distance or linkage between values.
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This policy change involved a 50% reduction in the rebate provided after anindividualconsumerhad received 50 consultations per year, irrespective of psychiatrist.
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As she says, "the man of taste asindividualconsumer" "has come to be the model of modern man as such" (92-93).
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Hence, theindividualconsumerpaid less attention to the possibility of physician overcharging or over prescribing of tests and visits.
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Higher costs for theindividualconsumermight make food supplements too expensive to buy.
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It is theindividualconsumerof the service who decides into which category he is to place himself.
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It is not possible to give an estimate for theindividualconsumerbecause consumption varies tremendously from consumer to consumer.
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One cannot erect a barrier so that it is impossible for anindividualconsumerto exercise some measure of independence and self-determination.
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However, that does not rule out the consideration that the practice is unfair to theindividualconsumer.
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That is why it is a matter forindividualconsumerchoice.
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Regulation is primarily directed at the tariff market where there can be no competition in gas supply to theindividualconsumer.
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What anindividualconsumeror even a small commercial consumer can do about his costs quite baffles me.
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Obviously that can affect the advice that is given to theindividualconsumer.
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The one thing that makesindividualconsumerdebt unsustainable is unemployment.
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This is something that, as anindividualconsumer, is extremely difficult to see from the product.
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Rather, we shall leave it to theindividualconsumerto judge which kind tastes best and is of the highest quality.
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It is unrealistic to expect theindividualconsumer, through the water rate, to pay for that problem to be sorted out.
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It is of course subject to the same defect as all consumer legislation in that theindividualconsumermust finally use the law.
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The domestic ration of bread, meat and tea and also the milk allowances vary according to the age of theindividualconsumer.
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There is, for example, the question of consumer advice—local, accessible advice to enable theindividualconsumerto sort out his problems.
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