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Definition of customer
1 : one that purchases a commodity or service The customer used a credit card for the purchase.
2 : an individual usually having some specified distinctive trait a real tough customer … let me give you the advice of an old and world-weary customer. — Flannery O'Connor
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Examples of customer in a Sentence
She is one of our best customers.
She's a pretty cool customer.
Recent Examples of customer from the Web
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Tesla founder Elon Musk tweeted late Sunday night about a handover party for the first 30 customers who will receive their Model 3s on July 28.
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Hundreds of people lined up outside dispensaries that opened from 12 a.m. to 3 a.m. and had to turn away customers like Deneal.
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In recent years, a slew of new personalized box shopping services have come in to help their customers navigate all the different categories of workwear—
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The company fabricates stone, such as marble and granite for use in counter tops, flooring, paving and fountains, with customers primarily being hotels and resorts, according to a letter to the village from a law firm representing the company.
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Centene, which covers 1.2 million customers through the exchanges, will market its Missouri insurance policies under the Ambetter name.
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Via both a Brooklyn storefront and an eBay shop – which has allowed Schiano to reach customers around the world and break seven figures in annual revenue –
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Two customers at each gym were diagnosed with Legionnaire's disease.
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Energy-efficiency rebates are available to commercial and residential BGE customers through the utility's Smart Energy Savers Program.
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Origin and Etymology of customer
Middle English custumer, from custume —see 1custom
Other Business Terms
CUSTOMER Defined for English Language Learners
customer
playDefinition of customer for English Language Learners
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: someone who buys goods or services from a business
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: a person who has a particular quality
CUSTOMER Defined for Kids
customer
playDefinition of customer for Students
: a person who buys from or uses the services of a company especially regularly
Law Dictionary
customer
Legal Definition of customer
1 : a person or business that purchases a commodity or service
2a : 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
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