a person who purchases goods or services from another; buyer; patron.
Informal. a person one has to deal with: a tough customer; a cool customer.
Origin of customer
1400–50; late Middle English; see custom, -er1; compare Middle English customer collector of customs <Anglo-French; Old French costumier, cognate with Medieval Latin custumārius;see customary
That version doesn’t have a disc drive and requires customers to purchase and download games digitally.
Sony debuts new PlayStation for the holidays. Here’s how much it costs|Verne Kopytoff|September 17, 2020|Fortune
I suspect I’m one of many prospective customers considering a similar purchase this season.
Why I’m caving and finally buying an Apple Watch|rhhackettfortune|September 16, 2020|Fortune
Earlier this month the company reported its second-quarter results, revealing that it had more than 130,000 paying customers in the quarter, up 30% year over year.
Slack hires former Live Nation exec as new chief people officer|Michal Lev-Ram, writer|September 16, 2020|Fortune
One such senior engineer knew that Boeing was delivering Maxes to customers without a required alert in 2017 and 2018, yet didn’t notify FAA, the report said.
Boeing crashes were the “horrific culmination” of multiple mistakes, House report says|kdunn6|September 16, 2020|Fortune
On one side, since March we have kept adding more customers.
Are you ready to start traveling for work again? TripActions’ CEO is banking on it|Michal Lev-Ram, writer|September 15, 2020|Fortune
The police suspect that the other unaccounted for 643,000 bitcoins, were removed from customer accounts via an unknown party.
Japanese Bitcoin Heist ‘an Inside Job,’ Not Hackers Alone|Nathalie-Kyoko Stucky, Jake Adelstein|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
For instance, Best Buy has over 40 million members in its customer loyalty program, Reward Zone.
Best Buy Punches Back at Amazon|William O’Connor|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One customer retooled a Nintendo Wii with its innards switched out for glued pennies.
The Insane $11 Billion Scam at Retailers’ Return Desks|M.L. Nestel|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Synchronoss only got paid when a customer activated on AT&T, so each of those jailbreakers was costing Synchronoss money.
NSA Chief Bet Money on AT&T as It Spied on You|Shane Harris|November 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Williamson stands by his record of rarely disappointing a customer when they are at a loss as to what suits them.
The Harlem Hat Shop You Have to Visit|Justin Jones|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If he ceases to be a neighbour, he is still a benefactor and a customer.
The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, Vol. 4 (of 4)|Thomas Babington Macaulay
Then she helped the customer match her sample until she had what she wanted.
Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue Keeping Store|Laura Lee Hope
I stood at the counter while Madame Lourbet served a customer, and then she turned to me.
The Betrayal of John Fordham|B.L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
With him, ten was ten, eight eight—no matter who the customer was.
Walter Pieterse|Multatuli
He did not notice that his face and manners caused many a customer to stare in astonishment.
Bambi|Marjorie Benton Cooke
British Dictionary definitions for customer
customer
/ (ˈkʌstəmə) /
noun
a person who buys
informala person with whom one has dealingsa cool customer