customer
noun
cus·tom·er
ˈkə-stə-mər 
1
: one that purchases a commodity or service
The customer used a credit card for the purchase.
2
: an individual usually having some specified distinctive trait
a real tough customer
… let me give you the advice of an old and world-weary customer.—
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Flannery O'ConnorExamples of customer in a Sentence
She is one of our best customers.
She's a pretty cool customer.
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Michelle Debella, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
While American tech giants such as Microsoft and Meta Platforms , also Club names, remain Nvidia’s most important customers, investors have wanted to see the chipmaker’s revenue streams diversify to help sustain topline growth.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 29 May 2025
The premium arm of the Japanese company has fresh product to offer customers and a lineup that is bringing in more affluent buyers than ever before in North America.
—Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
Maria Mendoza, a fellow Mills Creek parent whose daughter graduated that same day, happened to be a customer that night.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 29 May 2025
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“Customer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/customer. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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customer
noun
cus·tom·er
ˈkəs-tə-mər
1
: one that buys a product or service
2
: individual entry 2 sense 2, fellow
he's a real tough customer
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