end user

noun

: the ultimate consumer of a finished product

Examples of end user in a Sentence

Programmers should always keep the end user in mind when designing a new piece of software.
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In other words, while an importer will initially pay the tariff, another company and eventually the end user, or consumer, will foot some or all of its cost. Dan Mangan, CNBC, 6 Feb. 2025 Access to great design needs to change, both for practitioners and for the end user. Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 6 Feb. 2025 The reports delivered the intelligence, security, or military meaning of the intercepts in formats that naval commanders and other end users on the ground and in the air could grasp quickly and put to use. IEEE Spectrum, 21 Jan. 2025 Companies should consider making their products traceable so that consumers can track and monitor the product’s journey from raw materials to end users. Aman Gupta, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for end user 

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1945, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of end user was circa 1945

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“End user.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/end%20user. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.

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end user

noun
: the ultimate consumer of a finished product

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