consumer unitn.

Brit.

/kənˈsjuːmə ˌjuːnɪt/, U.S.

/kənˈs(j)umər ˈjunət/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: consumer n., unit n.

Etymology: < consumer n. + unit n.

1. Chiefly U.S. A department or agency concerned with consumer affairs, esp. promoting consumers' interests or responding to consumers' complaints.

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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > government department or agency > [noun] > U.S. government department or agency > specific

Navy Department1779

State Department1790

Indian bureau1824

Bureau of Indian Affairs1826

department of state1890

consumer unit1933

Foggy Bottom1947

state1952

U.S.I.A.1953

Ginnie Mae1968

1933 Washington Post 19 Dec. 20/1 NRA organizes consumer unit in each county... Each county consumer council will include in its membership a member of a women's organization interested in consumer problems.

1971 N.Y. Times Index (1970) 58 432/3 Atty Gen's Law Dept consumer unit has cooperated in preparing consumer-edu text.

2002 Pittsburgh (Pa.) Post-Gaz. (Nexis) 2 Oct. c1 Bernard..is head of the company's consumer unit.

2. U.S. Economics. A household, individual, etc., regarded as an economic unit.

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1935 Amer. Econ. Rev. 25 583 For purposes of analysis and comparison the members of the family were converted into ‘consumer units’; an adult male was taken as one unit and women and children were reduced to equivalent fractional units.

1980 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 3 Nov. 2 By 1990, 45 percent of all consumer units—defined as a family, a lodger living with a family, or a person living alone or with a room-mate—will be between the ages of 25 and 44.

2007 Tire Business (Nexis) 18 June 1 From 1994-95 to 2000-01, the number of Hispanic consumer units grew faster (21.8 percent) than the number of non-Hispanic consumer units (5.9 percent).

3. Chiefly British. A unit installed between the electricity meter and the wiring circuits of a property, containing circuit-breakers (or cartridge fuses) for each circuit and often a residual current device.The unit serves the same purpose as the older fuse box, which it is superseding.

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1960 Times 16 Dec. 20/ Our new consumer unit is the first serious attempt in this country to promote the domestic application of circuit breakers.

1982 W. Turner Questions & Answers Electr. Wiring (ed. 2) ii. 17 The kind known as a miniature circuit breaker (m.c.b.) can be incorporated in a distribution board or consumer unit..in a similar manner to a fuse.

2002 R. D. Treloar Plumbing: Heating & Gas Installations (ed. 2) vi. 252 The radial circuit differs in that the final socket on the system does not feed back to the consumer unit.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	consumer unit
释义	consumer unitn. Brit. /kənˈsjuːmə ˌjuːnɪt/, U.S. /kənˈs(j)umər ˈjunət/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: consumer n., unit n. Etymology: < consumer n. + unit n. 1. Chiefly U.S. A department or agency concerned with consumer affairs, esp. promoting consumers' interests or responding to consumers' complaints. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > government department or agency > [noun] > U.S. government department or agency > specific Navy Department1779 State Department1790 Indian bureau1824 Bureau of Indian Affairs1826 department of state1890 consumer unit1933 Foggy Bottom1947 state1952 U.S.I.A.1953 Ginnie Mae1968 1933 Washington Post 19 Dec. 20/1 NRA organizes consumer unit in each county... Each county consumer council will include in its membership a member of a women's organization interested in consumer problems. 1971 N.Y. Times Index (1970) 58 432/3 Atty Gen's Law Dept consumer unit has cooperated in preparing consumer-edu text. 2002 Pittsburgh (Pa.) Post-Gaz. (Nexis) 2 Oct. c1 Bernard..is head of the company's consumer unit. 2. U.S. Economics. A household, individual, etc., regarded as an economic unit. ΚΠ 1935 Amer. Econ. Rev. 25 583 For purposes of analysis and comparison the members of the family were converted into ‘consumer units’; an adult male was taken as one unit and women and children were reduced to equivalent fractional units. 1980 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 3 Nov. 2 By 1990, 45 percent of all consumer units—defined as a family, a lodger living with a family, or a person living alone or with a room-mate—will be between the ages of 25 and 44. 2007 Tire Business (Nexis) 18 June 1 From 1994-95 to 2000-01, the number of Hispanic consumer units grew faster (21.8 percent) than the number of non-Hispanic consumer units (5.9 percent). 3. Chiefly British. A unit installed between the electricity meter and the wiring circuits of a property, containing circuit-breakers (or cartridge fuses) for each circuit and often a residual current device.The unit serves the same purpose as the older fuse box, which it is superseding. ΚΠ 1960 Times 16 Dec. 20/ Our new consumer unit is the first serious attempt in this country to promote the domestic application of circuit breakers. 1982 W. Turner Questions & Answers Electr. Wiring (ed. 2) ii. 17 The kind known as a miniature circuit breaker (m.c.b.) can be incorporated in a distribution board or consumer unit..in a similar manner to a fuse. 2002 R. D. Treloar Plumbing: Heating & Gas Installations (ed. 2) vi. 252 The radial circuit differs in that the final socket on the system does not feed back to the consumer unit. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1933
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