Editing Customer (section)

{{Short description|Recipient of a good, service, product, or idea from a vender or seller}}
{{Other uses}}
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[[File:Market Scene with Vendor and Customers - Zacatlan - Puebla - Mexico (52208328324).jpg|thumb|Customers at a market stall in [[Puebla, Mexico]]]]
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In [[sales]], [[commerce]], and [[economics]], a '''customer''' (sometimes known as a [[Client (business)|client]], [[buyer]], or [[purchaser]]) is the recipient of a [[Good (economics)|good]], [[service (economics)|service]], [[product (business)|product]], or an [[Intellectual property|idea]], obtained from a [[seller]], [[vendor]], or [[distribution (business)|supplier]] via a [[financial transaction]] or [[exchange (economics)|an exchange]] for [[money]] or some other valuable [[consideration]].{{sfn|Reizenstein|2004|pp=119}}{{sfn|Kendall|2007|pp=3}}