prosumer

prosumer
prosumer pro‧su‧mer [prəʊˈsjuːmə ǁ proʊˈsuːmər] noun [countable] MARKETING
1. a customer who wants to buy high quality equipment, which has the same features as the equipment used by professionals:

• DVD Workshop Express is aimed at prosumers who want to create professional-looking DVD productions.

2. a customer who knows a lot about a particular type of product, who is used by a company to help design and develop its products:

• Prosumers are far more likely than ordinary consumers to be consulted for their opinions on companies and brands.

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prosumer UK US /prəˈsjuːmər/ US  /prəˈsuːmər/ noun [C] MARKETING, COMMERCE
► a customer who wants to buy high quality technical products or equipment. This word is formed from the words 'professional' and 'consumer': »

Half of prosumers distrust companies and products they cannot find on the internet.

► a customer who helps a company design and produce its products. This word is formed from the words 'producer' and 'consumer': »

The notion of news consumers is giving way to something called prosumers, in which citizens simultaneously function as consumers, editors, and producers of a new kind of news.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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