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customers

Syllables: cus·to·mersUK/ˈkʌstəməz/US/ˈkʌstəmɚz/

customers is the plural of customer.

Meaning of customer

Noun

customer (plural customers)

  1. (obsolete) A habitual patron, regular purchaser, returning client; a person or company who has a custom of buying from a particular business.
  2. A person or company who purchases or receives a product or service from a business or merchant or intends to do so.
    • Every person who passes by is a potential customer.
    Synonyms:
    patron, client, solicitor
  3. (informal) A person, especially one engaging in some sort of interaction with others.
    • a cool customer, a tough customer, an ugly customer
  4. (India, historical) A native official who exacted customs duties.
    • His houses […] are seized on by the Customer.1609, Danvers, Letters, i. 25; and comp. Foster, ibid. ii. 225

Phrases with customers

Questions about customers

What is customers the plural of?
Customers is the plural of customer.
How do you pronounce customers?
Customers is pronounced /ˈkʌstəmɚz/ (US).

Words near customers in the dictionary

  1. customerized
  2. customerizes
  3. customerizing
  4. customerless
  5. customerlike
  6. customers
  7. customership
  8. customes
  9. customhouse
  10. customhouses
  11. customing

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