paying customer
noun
: a customer who buys something
We're trying to attract more paying customers through our website.
Examples of paying customer in a Sentence
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The motel is closed to the typical paying customer, but there are still no vacancies.
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Omar Villafranca, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2024
People with even minimal access to such a network—say a paying customer, a low-level employee, or an attacker who has already gained limited entry—can exploit the vulnerabilities to infect connected devices with a malicious UEFI.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2024
Advertisement More than two hours passed before the next paying customer.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2023
His former teammate, Trevor Bauer, certainly learned an athlete reaches a point where his conduct cancels out his talent, where the paying customer cannot bear the sight of him in uniform, regardless of worth to the team.
—Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2023
The consensus was that the city’s Black entrepreneurs cared more about clout chasing than customer service and refused to treat anyone who was not a celebrity with the respect due to a paying customer.
—Keyaira Boone, Essence, 2 Nov. 2023
The single paying customer does all the heavy lifting, washing and then reading a scene, and Feldman himself judges your cleaning-vs.-emoting skills.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
Shoffner, the only paying customer on the flight, is a businessman, aviator, and STEM advocate who was born in Alaska and currently resides in Knoxville, Tennessee.
—Jamie Groh, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2023
This is largely because Virgin Galactic has yet to fly a single paying customer into space.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 24 Feb. 2023
Omar Villafranca, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2024
People with even minimal access to such a network—say a paying customer, a low-level employee, or an attacker who has already gained limited entry—can exploit the vulnerabilities to infect connected devices with a malicious UEFI.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2024
Advertisement More than two hours passed before the next paying customer.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2023
His former teammate, Trevor Bauer, certainly learned an athlete reaches a point where his conduct cancels out his talent, where the paying customer cannot bear the sight of him in uniform, regardless of worth to the team.
—Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2023
The consensus was that the city’s Black entrepreneurs cared more about clout chasing than customer service and refused to treat anyone who was not a celebrity with the respect due to a paying customer.
—Keyaira Boone, Essence, 2 Nov. 2023
The single paying customer does all the heavy lifting, washing and then reading a scene, and Feldman himself judges your cleaning-vs.-emoting skills.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
Shoffner, the only paying customer on the flight, is a businessman, aviator, and STEM advocate who was born in Alaska and currently resides in Knoxville, Tennessee.
—Jamie Groh, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2023
This is largely because Virgin Galactic has yet to fly a single paying customer into space.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 24 Feb. 2023
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“Paying customer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paying%20customer. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.
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