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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
cus·tom·er       [kuhs-tuh-mer] Pronunciation Key
–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.
[Origin: 1400–50; late ME; see custom, -er1; cf. ME customer collector of customs < AF; OF costumier, c. ML custumārius; see customary]
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cus·tom·er       (kŭs'tə-mər)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. One that buys goods or services.
  2. Informal An individual with whom one must deal: a tough customer.

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customer

noun
someone who pays for goods or services 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - Cite This Source - Share This

customer

see ugly customer.


The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: cus·to·mer
Function: noun
1 : a person or business that purchases a commodity or service
2 a : a person or entity having an account with a bank or on whose behalf the bank has agreed to collect items b : a person or entity for whom an issuer issues a letter of credit

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Customer

Cus"tom*er\ (k[u^]s"t[u^]m*[~e]r), n. [A doublet of customary, a.: cf. LL. custumarius toll gatherer. See Custom.]

1. One who collect customs; a toll gatherer. [Obs.]

The customers of the small or petty custom and of the subsidy do demand of them custom for kersey cloths. --Hakluyt.

2. One who regularly or repeatedly makes purchases of a trader; a purchaser; a buyer.

He has got at last the character of a good customer; by this means he gets credit for something considerable, and then never pays for it. --Goldsmith.

3. A person with whom a business house has dealings; as, the customers of a bank. --J. A. H. Murray.

4. A peculiar person; -- in an indefinite sense; as, a queer customer; an ugly customer. [Colloq.] --Dickens.

5. A lewd woman. [Obs.] --Shak.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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