customernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkʌs.tə.mər/us/ˈkʌs.tə.mɚ/A2 a person who buys goods or a service:
a satisfied customer
Mrs Wilson is one of our regular customers.
More examples
- Would you mind waiting? I'm dealing with another customer at the moment.
- The chairman of the bank believes in the personal touch and always sends a signed letter to each customer.
- The shop is giving away a sample pack to every customer.
- Shops are being forced to put their prices down in order to attract customers.
- Mrs Wilson is one of our regular customers.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
People who buy things
- bidder
- buyer
- client
- consumer
- custom
- customer base
- market
- patron
- patronage
- personal shopper
- prosumer
- purchaser
- rag-and-bone man
- ragman
- shopper
- sniper
- subscriber
- trader
- tradesman
- tradespeople
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Idiom(s)
the customer is always right