customer
Americannoun
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a person who purchases goods or services from another; buyer; patron.
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Informal. a person one has to deal with.
a tough customer; a cool customer.
noun
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a person who buys
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informal a person with whom one has dealings
a cool customer
Etymology
Origin of customer
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English; custom + -er 1; compare Middle English customer “collector of customs,” from Anglo-French; Old French costumier, cognate with Medieval Latin custumārius; customary
Example Sentences
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The main customers for their soap are businesses, either for washrooms or corporate gifts, but it is also sold to the public online through Amplify's website.
From BBC
But I would argue a lot is because companies increasingly sell to foreign customers that have less ability to extract lower prices by pointing to fat profits.
"We put so much emphasis on creators and not customers, yet they are our brothers, our fathers, our colleagues," Attwood says.
From BBC
It also requires them to disclose to customers when they are interacting with an artificial rather than human agent.
From Barron's
Specifically, customers are turning to AI chips more for inference, which is the process by which models reach conclusions based on information that’s new to them.
From MarketWatch
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