customer

CEFRA2

/ˈkʌs.tə.mə/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person or organization that buys goods or services.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A patron, a client; a person or company who purchases or receives a product or service from a business or merchant, or intends to do so.

Examples

  • Administration costs are passed on to the customer.

  • The company went after its no. 1 customer complaint: power outages.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A person, especially one engaging in some sort of interaction with others.

  2. A habitual patron, regular purchaser, returning client; a person or company who has a custom of buying from a particular business.

  3. A native official who exacted customs duties.

More examples

In context

  • The customer did not come.

  • Airlines are the chief customers of the commercial divisions of large-aircraft manufacturers such as Airbus, Boeing, and Embraer.

  • Every person who passes by is a potential customer.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English custumer, from Old French coustumier, costumier (compare modern French coutumier), from Medieval Latin custumarius (“a toll-gatherer, tax-collector”, noun), from custumarius (“pertaining to custom or customs”, adjective), from custuma (“custom, tax”). More at custom. By surface analysis, custom + -er.