Customer Definition & Meaning

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    • Synonyms customer American [kuhs-tuh-mer] / ˈkʌs tə mər /

    noun

    1. a person who purchases goods or services from another; buyer; patron.

    2. Informal. a person one has to deal with.

      a tough customer; a cool customer.

    customer British / ˈkʌstəmə /

    noun

    1. a person who buys

    2. informal a person with whom one has dealings

      a cool customer

    "Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 customer Idioms

    1. see ugly customer.

    Etymology

    Origin of customer

    First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English; custom + -er 1; compare Middle English customer “collector of customs,” from Anglo-French; Old French costumier, cognate with Medieval Latin custumārius; customary

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    The CCNI's advice for customers is not to settle for the first quote you receive and that it is best to buy in bulk.

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    They no longer could count on customers showing up out of habit.

    From The Wall Street Journal

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    “We’re working to get our customers to their final destinations,” the spokesperson said.

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    A lower priced model could help incentivize customers to upgrade their phones in an economic environment that might otherwise lead them to delay getting a new device.

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    Grandma asked as she finished with a customer.

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    Related Words

    • client
    • consumer
    • patron
    • purchaser

    Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

    Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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