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customer

cus·to·mer

UK/ˈkʌs.tə.mə/ US/ˈkʌs.tə.mɚ/ common informal

noun

1.

someone who pays for goods or services

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Origin

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.

Phrases

  • customer account
  • customer base
  • customer car
  • customer care
  • customer experience
  • customer relationship
  • customer research
  • customer resistance

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