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consumerlike en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₁émeti Proto-Italic *emō Latin emō Latin sūmō Latin cōnsūmōder. Old French consumerbor. Middle English consumen English consume Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English consumer Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English consumerlike From consumer + -like.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characteristic of a consumer.
   • With the consumer approach, evaluators produce independent, consumerlike assessments where the consumer's welfare is the ultimate value. 2008, Valerie Ruhe, Bruno D Zumbo, Evaluation in Distance Education and E-Learning: The Unfolding Model:
   • ...earnestly starts looking for an apartment, and uses her free time to spend money in typical consumerlike fashion on cheap wares for her new place. 2004, Murray Pomerance, Bad: infamy, darkness, evil, and slime on screen:

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