- customer
- nounADJECTIVE▪ big, favoured/favored (esp. BrE), favourite/favorite (esp. AmE), good, important, key, large, major▪
They are one of our biggest customers.
▪They organized an evening's entertainment for key customers.
▪ long-standing, long-time, loyal, valued▪ regular▪ current, existing, old▪ repeat (AmE)▪ new▪ potential, prospective, would-be▪There are a large number of potential customers for the new product.
▪ paying▪ dissatisfied, unhappy▪ angry, irate▪ happy, satisfied▪We like to think that we have satisfied customers.
▪ domestic▪ internal▪ external, outside▪ foreign, international, overseas▪ personal, private▪ business, commercial, corporate, industrial, retailVERB + CUSTOMER▪ have▪ deal with, help, serve, service (AmE)▪ attract, draw, entice, get, lure▪It's a special offer to attract new customers.
▪ lose▪We can't afford to lose any more customers.
▪ keep, retain▪ satisfyCUSTOMER + NOUN▪ care, relations, relationship (AmE), service, support▪If you have a complaint, contact the customer care unit.
▪Part of good customer relations is knowing how to deal with complaints.
▪ account, order▪ agreement▪The terms of the guarantee will be set out in the customer agreement.
▪ demand▪This cheaper model was produced in response to customer demand.
▪ demands, needs, requirements, specifications▪ feedback, reaction▪The questionnaire is to test customer reaction to the new store design.
▪ dissatisfaction, satisfaction▪They carried out a customer satisfaction survey.
▪ loyalty▪ complaints, enquiries (BrE), questions (AmE), requests▪ hotline▪ survey▪ data, information, profile, records▪ base, list▪They are hoping that TV advertising will increase their customer base.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
