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customerize

customerize verb: to adapt to the needs or goals of a customer, or customers in general.

Verb

customerize (third-person singular simple present customerizes, present participle customerizing, simple past and past participle customerized)

  1. (transitive) To adapt to the needs or goals of a customer, or customers in general.
    • He knew, however, that he wanted to reposition and “customerize” the HR department at SBC.1996, Randall S. Schuler, Paul F. Buller, Cases in Management, Organizational Behavior and Human Resources Management, page 259
    • Customerize the company! Am I right or am I right? For forty years or thereabouts, marketers have worshipped at the feet of the customer.2004, Stephen Brown, Free Gift Inside!!: Forget the Customer. Develop Marketease, page 7

Forms of customerize

third-person singular presentcustomerizes
present participlecustomerizing
past participlecustomerized
pastcustomerized

Origin of customerize

From customer + -ize.

Questions about customerize

What does customerize mean?
Customerize means to adapt to the needs or goals of a customer, or customers in general.
What part of speech is customerize?
Customerize is a verb.
What is the past tense of customerize?
The past tense of customerize is customerized.

Words near customerize in the dictionary

  1. customer support
  2. customer-oriented
  3. customer-to-customer
  4. customercentric
  5. customerization
  6. customerize
  7. customerized
  8. customerizes
  9. customerizing
  10. customerless
  11. customerlike

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