What's the difference between customer and passenger?

Customer


Definition:

  • (n.) One who collect customs; a toll gatherer.
  • (n.) One who regularly or repeatedly makes purchases of a trader; a purchaser; a buyer.
  • (n.) A person with whom a business house has dealings; as, the customers of a bank.
  • (n.) A peculiar person; -- in an indefinite sense; as, a queer customer; an ugly customer.
  • (n.) A lewd woman.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) However, some contactless transactions are processed offline so may not appear on a customer’s account until after the block has been applied.” It says payments that had been made offline on the day of cancellation may be applied to accounts and would be refunded when the customer identified them; payments made on days after the cancellation will not be taken from an account.
  • (2) But RWE admitted it had often only been able to retain customers with expired contracts by offering them new deals with more favourable conditions.
  • (3) At the heart of the payday loan profit bonanza is the "continuous payment authority" (CPA) agreement, which allows lenders to access customer bank accounts to retrieve funds.
  • (4) Ofcom will conduct research, such as mystery shopping, to assess the transparency of contractual information given to customers by providers at the point of sale".
  • (5) It has announced a four-stage programme of reforms that will tackle most of these stubborn and longstanding problems, including Cinderella issues such as how energy companies treat their small business customers.
  • (6) John Lewis’s marketing, advertising and reputation are all built on their promises of good customer services, and it is a large part of what still drives people to their stores despite cheaper online outlets.
  • (7) This technology will provide better information to the surgeon for preoperative diagnosis and planning and for the design of customized implants.
  • (8) Quotes Justin Timberlake: "Even more importantly customers love it … over 20 million listening on iTunes Radio, listened to over a billion songs.
  • (9) He was burnt alive along with three customers as flames from the car set his carpet shop ablaze.
  • (10) Lady Gaga is not the first big music star to make a new album available early to mobile customers.
  • (11) But at least one customer signalled that America's gun lobby might be on the cusp of a moment of introspection.
  • (12) I haven't had to face anyone like the man who threatened to call the police when he decided his card had been cloned after sharing three bottles of wine with his wife, or the drunk woman who became violent and announced that she was a solicitor who was going to get this fucking place shut down – two customers Andrew had to deal with on the same night.
  • (13) TalkTalk said customers should monitor their accounts over the coming months and report anything unusual to Action Fraud.
  • (14) Chadwick felt that Customs and Trading Standards needed to continue their war on illegal tobacco – if not, efforts to tackle smoking could be undermined.
  • (15) The “100% Australian-made” text on packaging has been enlarged to appeal to customer patriotism.
  • (16) Santander's new mortgage range complements this, putting our relationship with our customers at the heart of our business and ensuring they get the right mortgage for them – one they can afford and which meets their needs."
  • (17) Now there is talk of adding a range of ultra-trendy kale chips and kale shakes to the menu as well as encouraging customers to design their own bespoke burger.
  • (18) Nevertheless we know that there will remain a large number of borrowers with payday loans who are struggling to cope with their debts, and it is essential that these customers are signposted to free debt advice.
  • (19) Markets reacted calmly on Friday to the downgrade by Moody's of 16 European and US banks, with share prices steady after the reduction in credit ratings, which can push up the cost of borrowing for banks which they could pass on to customers.
  • (20) We are urgently investigating this incident with our supplier and ask customers to return this product to their local store."

Passenger


Definition:

  • (n.) A passer or passer-by; a wayfarer.
  • (n.) A traveler by some established conveyance, as a coach, steamboat, railroad train, etc.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In January, Paris taxi drivers attacked an Uber car transporting two passengers from Charles de Gaulle airport.
  • (2) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Whether Sia, Jason Derulo, Coldplay’s Chris Martin or Sir Elton John is in the passenger seat, Corden plays the part of a real fan with a deep knowledge of their discography.
  • (3) Sky News has apologised profusely after one of its presenters was shown rifling through the personal belongings of a stricken passenger at the MH17 crash site.
  • (4) The plans would eventually double the numbers of passengers at the Sussex airport, which believes its current capacity to grow from 34 million to 45 million with a single runway will see it through until the mid-2020s.
  • (5) Vehicles were stopped and their passengers made to disembark while sniffer dogs went on board.
  • (6) Our members have had to bear the brunt of the passengers’ wrath, because the senior executives and staff went running for cover,” he said.
  • (7) Have a holistic approach to transport planning Walking and cycling is never going to be a major mode for our passengers in Gatwick airport.
  • (8) The airport drafted in extra staff to help passengers.
  • (9) While demand in the US remains sluggish, Toyota has benefited at home from a revival in demand for its Prius petrol-electric hybrid, Japan's best-selling passenger car for the past five months.
  • (10) They mean that a passenger arriving at Dublin airport could face the same digital checks as any arriving at Heathrow.
  • (11) The CAA can help passengers bringing complaints against airlines or airports, although it stressed that passengers should first contact airlines to give them an opportunity to consider their claim before getting the authority involved.
  • (12) The passengers were then flown to an Australian icebreaker, the Aurora Australis, which had cracked through ice floes and was now sailing towards Australia's Casey research base.
  • (13) It is only going to cause more disruption and misery for passengers.
  • (14) Mary Creagh, the shadow transport secretary, said: "Over the last three years David Cameron has failed to stand up for working people, allowing train companies to hit passengers with inflation-busting fare rises of up to 9%.
  • (15) The train operator advised passengers to use alternative routes with South West Trains and Chiltern Trains and has offered refunds to travellers who decide not to travel on Saturday.
  • (16) Martin Frobisher, the area director for Network Rail, said: "The Northern Hub and electrification programme is the biggest investment in the railway in the north of England for a generation and will transform rail travel for millions of passengers every year."
  • (17) Mortality levels of 100% for Culex quinquefasciatus and Musca domestica test insects were recorded under normal operating conditions during routine scheduled passenger flights with disinsection procedures undertaken at "blocks-away" or at "top-of-descent".
  • (18) Delta Air Lines said it was no longer sending flights through Ukrainian airspace after the crash of a Malaysia Airlines passenger plane in rebel-held eastern Ukraine.
  • (19) Train companies are making passengers pay disproportionate penalties for having the wrong ticket and criminalising people who have no intention of dodging fares, a government watchdog has warned.
  • (20) Denominators (base population) were obtained from monitoring a random sample of returning British travellers with the international passenger survey.