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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Examples of customer in a Sentence
She is one of our best customers.
She's a pretty cool customer.
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Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
Power shutoffs affected thousands of PG&E customers by Wednesday morning and will continue through Thursday, according to the utility’s website.
—Cnn.com, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
Goldy talks prices with me while curling a customer’s wig with an iron; the woman stares out the window, blissed out, at the rush of traffic below.
—Talia Lavin, Curbed, 7 Nov. 2024
Google One adds photo editing tools, a mobile VPN, and priority customer support.
—PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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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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