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# customer

noun (customer, customers)

«customer» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A customer is a person who buys things in a shop or uses a service, like a café or a hairdresser. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/customer/#m1)
2. (informal) An ugly customer is a person who is dangerous or difficult to deal with. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/customer/#m2)

### In the lessons

people who come to a shop or restaurant; they buy, order and leave; «each customer bought N» gives a rate; phrases: «a regular customer», «customer service», «serve a customer», «the customer is always right»

### Examples

- A waiter had 12 customers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/customer/#x1)
- 8 customers left. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/customer/#x2)
- Each customer bought 3 drinks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/customer/#x3)
- How many customers did he serve in all? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/customer/#x4)
- The shop was full of customers before the holiday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/customer/#x5)
- The baker said hello to every customer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/customer/#x6)
- Customers wait in a queue to pay. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/customer/#x7)
- Mrs Brown is a regular customer at the café. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/customer/#x8)
- Cucullin was an ugly customer to meet with; and, the idea of the "cake" aforesaid flattened the very heart within him. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/customer/#x9)

### Note

Countable: a customer, customers. A thing counted. «left» takes away, «came in» adds; «each customer bought N» gives a rate. Trap: the number of customers is not the number of things they bought.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «customer» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/customer/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«customer» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/customer.html) on Mova free.