Definition of Customer

1. Noun. Someone who pays for goods or services.


Definition of Customer

1. n. One who collect customs; a toll gatherer.

Definition of Customer

1. Noun. A patron; one who purchases or receives a product or service from a business or merchant, or intends to do so. ¹

2. Noun. (informal) A person, especially one engaging in some sort of interaction with others. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Customer

1. one who buys something [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Customer

custom-made
custom-make
custom house
custom houses
custom made
customable
customableness
customably
customaries
customarily
customariness
customarinesses
customary
customary unit
customed
customer (current term)
customer's broker
customer's man
customer agent
customer base
customer bases
customer service
customerless
customers
customership
customhouse
customhouses
customing
customisable
customisation

Literary usage of Customer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1920)
"Hence it is to be assumed that if any customer doesn't receive the facts wished for, or fails to get the help desired, he is disapointed and feels that the ..."

2. A Practical Treatise of the Law of Evidence, and Digest of Proofs, in Civil by Thomas Starkie (1891)
"The best and most direct evidence on this head, consists in the authority or directions given by the customer, especially if they be in writing (г). ..."

3. Manufacturing Systems: Foundations of World-Class Practice by Joseph A. Heim, W. Dale Compton (1992)
"I do not want to downplay the importance of customer satisfaction. In fact, I believe it is the cornerstone of our rebirth as an industrial nation. ..."

4. A Digest of the Law of Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, Cheques, and by Mackenzie Dalzell Edwin Stewart Chalmers (1896)
"third person, which he holds, the gift is good, and the § 76. difficulty adverted to above does not arise.1 The banker's authority to pay his customer's ..."

5. A Treatise on the Law of Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, Bank-notes and by John Barnard Byles, Maurice Barnard Byles, Walter John Barnard Byles (1899)
"Liability to the customer. Before acceptance the drawee is not liable to the holder (6). An instrument drawn by A. upon B., requiring him to pay to the ..."

6. Bulletin by National Electric Light Association (1911)
"When a customer discontinues the use of electricity all lamps are removed and the next customer obtains an entirely new installation of lamps. ..."

7. Energy Efficiency: Challenges and Trends for Electric UtilitiesBusin (1994)
"Demand-side management (DSM) programs are organized utility activities intended to affect the amount and timing of customer electricity use. ..."

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