respondent /; AmE / noun [C]

1 (Marketing )

a person who answers questions, especially in a survey:

48% of respondents reported sales higher than a year ago.

2 (Law )

in some legal cases, the person who is accused of sth:

The respondent was ordered to pay $1 500 dollars to his former wife.

The Commission finds that the Respondent failed to file the report on the designated due date.

• consumer goods
• consumer group
• consumerism
• consumer loan
• consumer magazine
• consumer market
• consumer non-durables
• consumer panel
• consumer preference
• consumer price
• consumer price index
• consumer price inflation
• consumer promotion
• consumer protection
• consumer research
• consumer resistance
• consumers' cooperative
• consumer society
• consumer surplus
• consumer watchdog
• consumption
• consumption bundle
• consumption expenditure
• consumption function
• consumption goods