customer
a person who purchases goods or services from another; buyer; patron.
Informal. a person one has to deal with: a tough customer; a cool customer.
Origin of customer
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How to use customer in a sentence
Apple customers, on the other hand, are used to paying premium for perceived quality.
Lost For Thousands of Strokes: 'Desert Golfing' Is 'Angry Birds' as Modern Art | Alec Kubas-Meyer | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTI asked her to explain more about these “private customers.”
Iran’s Becoming a Footloose Nation as Dance Lessons Spread | IranWire | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTIf Uber did actually mislead its customers, it should certainly be held responsible.
Why Do ‘Progressives’ Want to Ban Uber and AirBnB? | Adam Thierer, Christopher Koopman | December 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe noted that some retail stores that benefit from Christmas sales still instruct employees to wish customers “Happy Holidays.”
They were getting more imaginative,” a pawn shop owner thinks of his addict customers in “Back of Beyond.
Customers will do things in the name of the Federal Reserve System which they have never done before.
Readings in Money and Banking | Chester Arthur PhillipsCustomers brought guests, and, in their turn, the guests became good customers.
The law is very strict in its requirement of banks when paying the checks of customers.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesBut when Jess had lowered her umbrella and backed into the shop, she found several customers waiting at the counter.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage | Gertrude W. MorrisonYoull have to come into this store and share the business when you get older; and you might as well learn to judge customers now.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage | Gertrude W. Morrison
British Dictionary definitions for customer
/ (ˈkʌstəmə) /
a person who buys
informal a person with whom one has dealings: a cool customer
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Other Idioms and Phrases with customer
see ugly customer.
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