end user

American  

Or end-user

noun

1. the ultimate user for whom a machine, as a computer, or product, as a computer program, is designed.

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end user British  

noun

1. 1. (in international trading) the person, organization, or nation that will be the ultimate recipient of goods, esp such as arms or advanced technology

   2. ( as modifier )

      an end-user certificate

2. computing the ultimate destination, such as a program or operator, of information that is being transferred within a system

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Etymology

Origin of end user

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

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end user

“You know, we’ve been open about 3.5 years, and we have yet to have a single end user come through and say, ‘That didn’t help me at all,” Matejka concludes.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026

“The next wave of AI will bring intelligence closer to the end user, moving from foundational models to inference to agentic,” said Lip-Bu Tan, Intel’s chief executive, in a statement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

“It makes the search experience better for the end user at the end of the day.”

From Barron's ● Jan. 1, 2026

Even a substantial printer can be carried in a shipping container and taken much closer to the end user.

From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2025

For example, an author could give away the right to suppress unauthorized copies just so long as the end user agreed not to create a commercial offshoot.

From Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software by Williams, Sam