average consumer
collocation in Englishmeaningsofaverageandconsumer
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average
adjective
uk/ˈæv.ər.ɪdʒ/us/ˈæv.ɚ.ɪdʒ/
An average number is the number you get by adding two or more amounts together and dividing the total by the number ...
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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 ofaverageandconsumerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofaverage consumer
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Also, negotiating may be too complicated or frustrating for theaverageconsumer.
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How can you explain all this to theaverageconsumer?
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This means taking into account the questions and concerns of theaverageconsumer, the man in the street.
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That would be unfair to many people - including, incidentally, theaverageconsumerof alcoholic beverages.
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The total cost therefore to theaverageconsumer, the consumer who pays £200 a year for his gas bill, is one penny over 10 years.
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Indeed, it is hardly any use expecting theaverageconsumerto write any sort of letter to anybody at all.
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Much of its work is below the surface and perhaps not fully appreciated by theaverageconsumer.
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Against that, this self-same board has achieved a saving of about £77 peraverageconsumereach year.
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While theaverageconsumeruses 28 gallons of water a day, a sprinkler can use 200 gallons an hour.
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But theaverageconsumerto-day has never tasted a well-made wholemeal loaf.
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Nor can it make a major contribution to the situation of theaverageconsumerat the end of the six-month period.
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Theaverageconsumerof alcohol does not get drunk and does not come within the notice of the police.
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So far from this resulting in cheapening the price of meat to theaverageconsumerthe very reverse will be the case.
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I have more resources and background knowledge than theaverageconsumerto deal with this problem.
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To theaverageconsumer, all these matters are extremely esoteric.
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That need is, in fact, the effective market in this country and likewise, in other parts of the world, it is theaverageconsumer.
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I agree that theaverageconsumerand the average employee did not feel so strongly about the nationality of the shareholders until this issue arose.
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Overall there has been increasing complexity in the financial products, which theaverageconsumerhas found difficult to understand.
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Their principal effect is likely to be a strong downward pressure on costs and prices for theaverageconsumer.
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For this reason it is important for the information on the label to be easily understood by theaverageconsumer, including allergic consumers.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
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