customer

• n. 顧客

custom、習慣、税関から。もともとは税関職員であったが、後に買い手、顧客となった。

customer (n.)

late 14c., "customs official;" later "buyer" (early 15c.), from Anglo-French custumer, from Medieval Latin custumarius, from Latin consuetudinarius (see custom (n.)). More generalized meaning "a person with whom one has dealings" emerged 1540s; that of "a person to deal with" (usually wth an adjective, tough, etc.) is by 1580s. In Shakespeare, the word also can mean "prostitute."

1. In some stores we were undermanned and customer service was suffering.

人手不足で顧客への配慮が行き届いていない店もあります。

2.It does not matter one whit to the customer .

これは顧客にとって全く関係ありません。

3.Several manufactures are also nibbling away at Ford 's traditional customer base.いくつかのメーカーもフォード社の伝統的な顧客群を蚕食している。

4. As one former customer said cynically, "He's probably pocketed the difference!「

憤慨していた古いお得意さんが言ったように、「差額を自分の懐に押し込んだ可能性が高い！」

5.The owners of the store have steped up customer mailings.

店主たちは顧客への郵送宣伝に力を入れている。