customer: translation
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ 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, retail
VERB + 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
▪ satisfy
CUSTOMER + 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.