The meaning of Customer

noun

A man.

Usage examples:

He's a nice bloke

noun

A man

noun

A body.

Usage examples:

A line-up of stunning bods

abbreviation

Biochemical oxygen demand.

noun

Informal for body

Usage examples:

That guy has a great bod!, he's just an ordinary bod, no-one special., odd bod she's a bit of an od…

noun

Used as a term of abuse, typically for a man.

Usage examples:

I just hope you didn't hurt the poor bugger

verb

Cause serious harm or damage to.

Usage examples:

I'm all for living life to the full and bugger the consequences

exclamation

Used to express annoyance or anger.

noun

A child's term for a rabbit.

Usage examples:

Think bunny rabbits, chocolates and valentine cards.

noun

A rabbit

noun

A person's regular occupation, profession, or trade.

Usage examples:

Experts who typically conduct their business over the internet

noun

The activity of buying and selling goods and services, or a particular company that does this, or work in general rather than pleasure

Usage examples:

[ c ] he runs a dry cleaning business., [ u ] i’m in baltimore on business., [ u ] our firm does a …

noun

The activity of buying and selling goods and services

Usage examples:

In business she is an academic, but all her brothers work in business., be in business currently, f…

noun

A person who makes a purchase.

Usage examples:

No one knows who bought the cars, as none of the buyers wanted their purchase to be made public.

noun

A person who pays money for something, or a person whose job is to decide what goods will be brought into a store for sale

Usage examples:

He’s still looking for a buyer for his house.

noun

Someone who buys something, especially something valuable such as a business or a house

Usage examples:

Possible/potential/prospective buyer a number of potential buyers have expressed interest in the co…

verb

(of the skin) become cracked, rough, or sore, especially through exposure to wind or cold weather.

Usage examples:

His skin is very dry and chaps easily

noun

A cracked or sore patch on the skin.

Usage examples:

Our lips will be covered in chaps.

noun

A man or boy.

Usage examples:

He sounded like a nice, caring sort of chap

noun

A person or organization using the services of a lawyer or other professional person or company.

Usage examples:

Insurance tailor-made to a client's specific requirements

noun

A person who receives services, esp. from a lawyer or other person who gives advice

Usage examples:

He’s a sports agent and has a lot of basketball players as clients.

noun

Someone who receives professional services from an organization

Usage examples:

We offer a broad range of services to our clients., a client of sb/sth mr black has been a client o…

noun

Clients collectively.

Usage examples:

The solicitor's clientele

noun

All the customers of a business when they are considered as a group

noun

All the customers of a business considered as a group

Usage examples:

The beauty clinic, with its growing clientele, moved to its present site in 2008., a mixed/diverse/…

noun

A person who purchases goods and services for personal use.

Usage examples:

Understanding what motivates consumers is more crucial than ever

noun

A person who uses goods or services

noun

Someone who buys goods or services for personal use

Usage examples:

Consumer goods/spending, american consumers are becoming informed about the safety of products made…

noun

A sweet biscuit having a fairly soft, chewy texture and typically containing pieces of chocolate or fruit.

Usage examples:

Chocolate chip cookies

noun

A sweet, usually round, flat cake

Usage examples:

She served chocolate chip/oatmeal/peanut butter cookies for dessert., she’s one tough cookie.

noun

A small file that is sent by a website to your computer and that contains information about how you use the site, so that this information is available the next time you use the site

Usage examples:

Enable/disable cookies this section will show you how to enable cookies (= how to accept or turn th…

noun

An animal, as distinct from a human being.

Usage examples:

Night sounds of birds and other creatures

noun

Any living thing, esp. an animal

Usage examples:

It seems clear to me that people are creatures of emotion.

noun

A living creature; an animal.

Usage examples:

Even in my newly adopted home in florida, i am still bewildered to see critters outside animal king…

noun

A creature

Usage examples:

That dog’s a mean old critter.

noun

(in the uk) the title given to a woman with the rank of knight commander or holder of the grand cross in the orders of chivalry.

Usage examples:

Dame vera lynn

noun

A domesticated carnivorous mammal that typically has a long snout, an acute sense of smell, non-retractable claws, and a barking, howling, or whining voice.

Usage examples:

‘all dogs have an intense sense of smell, and every dog likes to sniff,’ smith said.

verb

Follow (someone) closely and persistently.

Usage examples:

Photographers seemed to dog her every step

noun

A canine domesticated by man since prehistoric times

noun

A man; a guy (often as a form of address).

Usage examples:

Hey dude, what's up?

verb

Dress up elaborately.

Usage examples:

My brother was all duded up in silver and burgundy

noun

A person who makes a purchase; a buyer.

Usage examples:

The gullible emptor had it coming for a long time

noun

The principle that it is the buyer's responsibility, not the seller's, to find out if there is anything wrong with what they are being sold

Usage examples:

Private sales of houses are subject to the doctrine of caveat emptor.

noun

Non-standard spelling of fellow, used in representing speech in various dialects.

Usage examples:

You can't blame the wee fella

noun

(spelled the way it is often spoken) fellow

Usage examples:

Where did you meet this fella?

noun

(spelled the way it is often spoken) fellow

Usage examples:

Where did you meet this fella?

noun

A man or boy.

Usage examples:

He was an extremely obliging fellow

adjective

Sharing a particular activity, quality, or condition with someone or something.

Usage examples:

They urged the troops not to fire on their fellow citizens

noun

A man

Usage examples:

He was a big fellow with broad shoulders., dr. rodriguez is a fellow of the american college of phy…

noun

A person who visits a place often.

Usage examples:

He is an avid frequenter of discount supermarkets

noun

A girl or young woman.

Usage examples:

Pedal pushers and prom queens, floral corsages and full skirts, gingham checks and clinched waists …

noun

A unit of gravitational acceleration equal to one centimetre per second per second.

abbreviation

Gallon(s).

noun

A man.

Usage examples:

He strikes me as a decent geezer

noun

A gentleman.

Usage examples:

Blanche believes her polite and witty new man is the perfect gent - until he tries to chat up tracy.

noun

A gentleman (= polite man who behaves well towards other people, especially women)

Usage examples:

He's just gone to the gents.

noun

A man.

Usage examples:

He's a nice guy

verb

Make fun of; ridicule.

Usage examples:

She never stopped guying him about his weight

verb

Secure with a guy or guys.

Usage examples:

It was set on concrete footings and guyed with steel cable

noun

A resident of or frequent visitor to a particular place.

Usage examples:

A habitué of the west end

noun

A person who regularly visits a particular place

Usage examples:

Habitués of this gentlemen's club are generally middle-aged, grey-haired, and overweight.

noun

A man, especially one of a particular type.

Usage examples:

The raiders quarterback is one tough hombre

adjective

Single; separate.

Usage examples:

Individual tiny flowers

noun

A single human being as distinct from a group.

Usage examples:

Boat trips for parties and individuals

noun

A single person or thing, esp. when compared to the group or set to which it belongs

Usage examples:

We will remember him as an individual who always tried to make people happy., every company has its…

noun

An adult male human being.

Usage examples:

A tall man with a beard

verb

(of personnel) work at, run, or operate (a place or piece of equipment) or defend (a fortification).

Usage examples:

The helpline is manned by trained staff

exclamation

Used, irrespective of the sex of the person addressed, to express surprise, admiration, delight, etc., or for emphasis.

Usage examples:

Wow, like cosmic, man

noun

A person who gives financial or other support to a person, organization, or cause.

Usage examples:

A celebrated patron of the arts

noun

A person or group that gives money or support to a person, an activity, or an organization

Usage examples:

Auchincloss is a longtime patron of the arts.

noun

Someone who uses a particular shop, restaurant, hotel, etc., especially regularly

Usage examples:

This car park is for patrons only., arts patron/patron of the arts the company has been a longtime …

noun

The support given by a patron.

Usage examples:

The arts could no longer depend on private patronage

noun

The power to give someone an important job or advantages in exchange for help or support

Usage examples:

New rules would minimize the effects of political patronage.

noun

The business given to a shop, restaurant, hotel, etc. by its customers

Usage examples:

Many wealthy japanese have shifted their patronage to the new western luxury hotels., the company i…

noun

A human being regarded as an individual.

Usage examples:

The porter was the last person to see her prior to her disappearance

combining form

Used as a neutral alternative to -man in nouns denoting professional status, a position of authority, etc.

Usage examples:

Chairperson

noun

A man, woman, or child

Usage examples:

Neil armstrong was the first person to set foot on the moon., the auditorium can seat about 500 peo…

noun

A person who gambles, places a bet, or makes a risky investment.

Usage examples:

The isle of man now allows us punters to gamble in online casinos based on the island, the ny times…

noun

A customer

Usage examples:

Many hotels are offering discounts in an attempt to attract punters., we're hoping our summer sale …

noun

A person who buys something; a buyer.

Usage examples:

One of the club's prospective purchasers

noun

A person or company that buys something

Usage examples:

The sale of the property is complete when both the vendor and the purchaser have signed the relevan…

adjective

Arranged in or constituting a constant or definite pattern, especially with the same space between individual instances.

Usage examples:

Plant the flags at regular intervals

noun

A regular customer, member of a team, etc.

Usage examples:

Pub regulars

adjective

Happening repeatedly in a fixed pattern, with equal or similar amounts of space or time between one and the next

Usage examples:

A regular heartbeat, working regular hours, trees were planted at regular intervals along the avenu…

noun

A person who is shopping.

Usage examples:

A commercial centre thronged with shoppers

noun

A person who is looking for things to buy

Usage examples:

Shoppers stroll through the stores.

noun

Someone who buys goods, especially from a store

Usage examples:

Last year shoppers spent €540,000 a minute on credit cards., an internet/online shopper, attract/lu…

noun

The surface of the ground, with the grass growing on it; turf.

Usage examples:

Underneath the sod was a layer of humus

verb

Cover with sods or pieces of turf.

Usage examples:

The stadium has been sodded

verb

Used to express one's anger or annoyance at someone or something.

noun

A category of things or people with a common feature; a type.

Usage examples:

If only we knew the sort of people she was mixing with

verb

Arrange systematically in groups; separate according to type.

Usage examples:

The mail was sorted

noun

A group of things that are of the same type or that share similar qualities

Usage examples:

What sort of equipment will she need?, he was squinting through the eyepiece of some sort of naviga…

noun

The action of buying and selling goods and services.

Usage examples:

A move to ban all trade in ivory

verb

Buy and sell goods and services.

Usage examples:

Middlemen trading in luxury goods

noun

The activity of buying and selling goods and services esp. between countries

Usage examples:

[ u ] foreign trade, [ u ] a trade agreement, [ c ] the building trades, [ u ] he’s an auto mechani…

noun

A category of people or things having common characteristics.

Usage examples:

This type of heather grows better in a drier habitat

verb

Write (something) on a typewriter or computer by pressing the keys.

Usage examples:

He typed out the second draft

suffix

(forming adjectives) resembling or having the characteristics of a specified thing.

Usage examples:

The dish-type radio telescope

noun

The buyer in a sale, especially of property.

noun

A buyer of something

noun

A person of a specified kind.

Usage examples:

He always was an unlucky wight

proper noun

A shipping forecast area covering the english channel roughly between the strait of dover and the meridian of poole.

noun

A ghost, or a dead person who has come back to life

noun

An adult female human being.

Usage examples:

A drawing of a young woman

combining form

In nouns denoting a woman of a specified nationality or origin.

Usage examples:

Englishwoman

noun

An adult female human being

Usage examples:

Our chief of police is a woman, and our mayor is a woman, too., she is an active, elderly woman., m…