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
That version doesn’t have a disc drive and requires customers to purchase and download games digitally.
Sony debuts new PlayStation for the holidays. Here’s how much it costs | Verne Kopytoff | September 17, 2020 | FortuneI suspect I’m one of many prospective customers considering a similar purchase this season.
Earlier this month the company reported its second-quarter results, revealing that it had more than 130,000 paying customers in the quarter, up 30% year over year.
Slack hires former Live Nation exec as new chief people officer | Michal Lev-Ram, writer | September 16, 2020 | FortuneOne such senior engineer knew that Boeing was delivering Maxes to customers without a required alert in 2017 and 2018, yet didn’t notify FAA, the report said.
Boeing crashes were the “horrific culmination” of multiple mistakes, House report says | kdunn6 | September 16, 2020 | FortuneOn one side, since March we have kept adding more customers.
Are you ready to start traveling for work again? TripActions’ CEO is banking on it | Michal Lev-Ram, writer | September 15, 2020 | Fortune
The police suspect that the other unaccounted for 643,000 bitcoins, were removed from customer accounts via an unknown party.
Japanese Bitcoin Heist ‘an Inside Job,’ Not Hackers Alone | Nathalie-Kyoko Stucky, Jake Adelstein | January 1, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTFor instance, Best Buy has over 40 million members in its customer loyalty program, Reward Zone.
One customer retooled a Nintendo Wii with its innards switched out for glued pennies.
The Insane $11 Billion Scam at Retailers’ Return Desks | M.L. Nestel | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe customer-service representative said they had notified the billing service used by my doctors that I was not “in network.”
My Insurance Company Killed Me, Despite Obamacare | Malcolm MacDougall | November 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSynchronoss only got paid when a customer activated on AT&T, so each of those jailbreakers was costing Synchronoss money.
I am afraid your father wouldnt welcome me as a customer, said Jess, gravely.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage | Gertrude W. MorrisonThe name was quite familiar to her, though the lady in question was not a customer of Madame Malmaison's.
The Weight of the Crown | Fred M. WhiteOne of the shopmen stood at the door looking after his elegant customer's carriage.
Camille (La Dame aux Camilias) | Alexandre Dumas, filsRashid retired to wrap up the purchase, and with it a second and smaller package was slipped into the customer's hand.
Dope | Sax RohmerOn the advice of his customer, the poet Parny, he had taken the name of Marius, a sobriquet which stuck to the establishment.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois Christophe
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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