Talking about customersPotential or prospective customers are people who may be customers for a particular store in the future.A store's customer base is the group of people who buy products from that store, and existing customers are people who already regularly buy products from the store.Customer satisfaction is when customers are pleased with the products and service from a particular store.
customer in Accounting
(kʌstəmər)
Word forms: (regular plural) customers
noun
(Accounting: Basic)
A customer is someone who buys products or services.
He introduced stricter measures for slow-paying customers and directed his sales staff to find new accounts.
Transaction fees are charged to customers who don't keep a certain minimum balance in their account.
A customer is someone who buys products or services.
COBUILD Collocations
customer
charge customers
Examples of 'customer' in a sentence
customer
They're taught enough Latin and Anglo-Saxon to say hello and ask any potential customer if they speak either language.
Anthony Masters CASCADES - THE DAY OF THE DEAD (2001)
Caldere eyed him coldly then crossed to the other end of the counter to serve another customer.
MacNeill, Alastair CODE BREAKER (2001)
My daughter's been telling me about you, she says you're the nicest customer she's ever waited on.
MacLeod, Charlotte SOMETHING IN THE WATER (2001)
The cashier's newspaper was pinned beneath a half-eaten, browning apple on the counter at her side, awaiting the next customer lull.
Gregg Andrew Hurwitz DO NO HARM (2001)
In other languages
customer
British English: customer /ˈkʌstəmə/ NOUN
A customer is someone who buys goods or services, especially from a shop.
The shop was full of customers.
American English: customer
Arabic: عَمِيل
Brazilian Portuguese: cliente
Chinese: 顾客
Croatian: kupac
Czech: zákazník
Danish: kunde
Dutch: klant
European Spanish: cliente
Finnish: asiakas
French: client
German: Kunde
Greek: πελάτης
Italian: cliente
Japanese: 顧客
Korean: 고객
Norwegian: kunde
Polish: klient
European Portuguese: cliente
Romanian: client
Russian: покупатель
Latin American Spanish: cliente
Swedish: kund
Thai: ลูกค้า
Turkish: müşteri
Ukrainian: покупець
Vietnamese: khách hàng
All related terms of 'customer'
cash customer
a purchaser who pays cash rather than by check , credit card , or charge account
customer base
A business's customer base is all its regular customers, considered as a group.
customer care
the work of looking after customers and ensuring their satisfaction with one's business and its goods or services
customer data
Customer data is information held on file about customers by a store or other business, usually including names, contact details , and buying habits .
customer flow
Customer flow is the movement of customers around a store .
customer appeal
attractiveness to customers
customer-facing
interacting or communicating directly with customers
customer profile
a description or analysis of a typical or ideal customer for one's business
customer relations
Customer relations are the relationships that a business has with its customers and the way in which it treats them.
customer service
Customer service refers to the way that companies behave towards their customers, for example how well they treat them.
customer services
a department of a company concerned with customer service
customer support
Customer support is a service provided to help customers resolve any technical problems that they may have with a product or service.
customer experience
Customer experience is what customers feel while shopping , affected by such factors as how a store is laid out, the level of service they receive, and how easy it is to find products.
customer preference
Customer preference is what type of product an individual customer likes and dislikes .
customer satisfaction
When customers are pleased with the goods or services they have bought , you can refer to customer satisfaction .
customer relations department
a department of a company concerned with customer relations
customer service department
a department of a company concerned with customer service
customer relationship management
the practice of building a strong relationship between a business and its customers and potential customers
vic
vicinity
CRD
customer relations department
CRM
customer relationship management
Chinese translation of 'customer'
customer
(ˈkʌstəməʳ)
n(c)
(in shop) 顾(顧)客 (gùkè) (位, wèi)
he's a cool customer (inf) 他是个(個)很酷的家(傢)伙 (tā shì gè hěn kù de jiāhuo)
(noun)
Definition
a person who buys goods or services
Most of our customers have very tight budgets.
Synonyms
client
The company requires clients to pay substantial fees in advance.
consumer
If consumers demand more of a product then more of it will be supplied.
regular (informal)
buyer
The buyer has to put down a 10% deposit.
patron
Like so many of its patrons, he could not resist the food at the Savoy.
shopper
crowds of Christmas shoppers
purchaser
The broker will get 5% if he finds a purchaser.
habitué
They were habitués of this bar.
Additional synonyms
in the sense of buyer
Definition
a person who buys
The buyer has to put down a 10% deposit.
Synonyms
consumer,
client,
user,
patron,
shopper,
purchaser
in the sense of consumer
Definition
a person who buys goods or uses services
If consumers demand more of a product then more of it will be supplied.