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Itasan Posted 21 years ago
Business & Finance

Patron/customer

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Patron is derived from patris, pater meaning father. So etymologically patron is someone respected and who supports something.

Theaters, restaurants, and hotels are supported by customers (to be specific regular customers) and deserve respect. It is not good idea to treat regular and non-regular customers differently, therefor patron is used for all customers. I have used customers many
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I'd say a patron is a regular, someone who's used to coming to a particular restaurant, bar, pub... Someone the waiters know by name.

A customer is more neutral: a person who spends money in a particular place.

A client is for more specific trades.
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Yes, to be specific patron is a regular customer. But when restaurants, theaters, bars use word patrons, it is referred all customers.

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