What's the difference between customer and purchase?

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."

Purchase


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.
  • (v. t.) To obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price; as, to purchase land, or a house.
  • (v. t.) To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.; as, to purchase favor with flattery.
  • (v. t.) To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
  • (v. t.) To acquire by any means except descent or inheritance.
  • (v. t.) To buy for a price.
  • (v. t.) To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to; as, to purchase a cannon.
  • (v. i.) To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert one's self.
  • (v. i.) To acquire wealth or property.
  • (v. t.) The act of seeking, getting, or obtaining anything.
  • (v. t.) The act of seeking and acquiring property.
  • (v. t.) The acquisition of title to, or properly in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
  • (v. t.) That which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
  • (v. t.) That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.
  • (v. t.) Any mechanical hold, or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle, capstan, and the like; also, the apparatus, tackle, or device by which the advantage is gained.
  • (v. t.) Acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Britain had been negotiating with the Saudis over the purchase from British Aerospace of dozens of Hawk and Tornado fighter aircraft.
  • (2) The Sports Network broadcasts live NHL, Nascar, golf and horse racing – having also recently purchased the rights for Formula One – and will show 154 of the 196 games that NBC will cover.
  • (3) This study sought to determine if and why barriers to the over-the-counter purchase of syringes in the St. Louis metropolitan area might exist, given that no ordinance prohibits such a sale there.
  • (4) The government’s increase in the discount offered to tenants has prompted a massive increase in purchases of local authority accommodation.
  • (5) Following baseline, training consisted of teaching students to use a number line to make purchases.
  • (6) In the first experiment, mongrel and ddS mice produced under an unsatisfactory control of proximate environment were purchased, and acute toxicity tests of thiamine hydrochloride (B1HCl) and isonicotinic acid hydrazide (INAH) were practiced at two different conditioned rooms.
  • (7) Our fundamental market is 75% done,” he said last weekend, “and when we sign one midfield player that crucial work will be done.” The manager did not rule out further purchases, though.
  • (8) After a brief review of the range of monitoring accessories, the author considers the problem of their hospital standardization (various needs of the different hospital units, diversity of the monitors, existence of central purchasing departments, pressure from the treasurer's office).
  • (9) As well as stocking second-hand items for purchase, charity shops such as Oxfam have launched Christmas gifts to provide specific help for poor communities abroad.
  • (10) Like many young Chinese, Hua often made purchases on Taobao, the country’s equivalent of eBay.
  • (11) Howard Archer of consultancy IHS Global Insight said: "Given the dominant role of the services sector in the economy, the steady growth in May reported by the purchasing managers is welcome news and supports hopes that it can avoid further contraction in the second quarter."
  • (12) The CML said the value of lending for house purchases was up by 8% year on year in May, at £9.4bn, while the number of loans grew by 5% to 53,800.
  • (13) Tesco uniforms can be bought through the supermarket's Clubcard Boost scheme, where £5 in Clubcard vouchers equals a £10 spend on clothing, while Asda is offering free delivery on uniform purchases of over £25.
  • (14) It's possible to go out and about, and not talk to anybody apart from the person you purchase goods from."
  • (15) The company is also making its VR games collection free to all purchasers of its headset.
  • (16) The FSA last month published a report by Professor Gerard Hastings which concluded that advertising to children does have an effect on their food preferences, purchasing behaviour and consumption, and that these effects occur not just at brand level, but also for different types of food.
  • (17) That would mark a controversial break from its existing policy, whereby the ECB offsets bond purchases by draining liquidity from the system in separate operations.
  • (18) The news website is run by journalist Carmen Aristegui, who in 2014 reported that Peña Nieto’s wife was purchasing a house with financing from a government contractor .
  • (19) For example, if we purchase new examination equipment without any consideration or if we decide what type of equipment to introduce according to the common advice of the purchase committee of the hospital or the medical school, then we cannot design an ideal system of laboratory examinations and are forced to invest a large sum of money in vain.
  • (20) The euro clawed back some losses after the European Central Bank said it would absorb €16.5bn from the money markets to compensate for bond purchases up to 14 May, and Greece said it would receive the first tranche of emergency loans tomorrow.