consumer buying

collocation in English

meaningsofconsumerandbuy

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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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buy
noun
uk
/baɪ/us
/baɪ/
to be worth/not be worth ...
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(Definition ofconsumerandbuyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is to be expected that demand will recover if the present high level ofconsumerbuyingof textiles continues.
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Put together, this amounts to extremely incompetentconsumerbuyingby the agriculture industry.
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There is no point in aconsumerbuyingat a higher price than is necessary.
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However, it is important that theconsumerbuyingthat car knows that, in its early years, it had a lot of use, because that may affect the vehicle's life.
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The legal protection of theconsumerbuyinga motor car has been strengthened considerably in recent years.
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There are all those different channels through which this meat is going to pass before you get near the possibility of theconsumerbuyingit.
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It should also not be conflated with buying power orconsumerbuyingpower, which has two definitions.
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He taught sales and marketing techniques andconsumerbuyinghabits.
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In general there are three ways of analysingconsumerbuyingdecisions.
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Customer behaviour study is based onconsumerbuyingbehaviour, with the customer playing the three distinct roles of user, payer and buyer.
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In fact,consumerbuyinghabits are at a much deeper level.
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Conversely, a rising trend in consumer confidence indicates improvements inconsumerbuyingpatterns.
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This recommended industry reforms relating to: labelling,consumerbuyingadvice, deposits, quality, delivery damage, and compliance with codes of practice.
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