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customer
Subject:
Accounting

person who receives or consumes goods or services and can choose which goods and services to buy...

customs duties
Subject:
Economics

(also called import duties) taxes charged on imports.

customs tariffs
Subject:
Business Studies

levied to protect local industries by making foreign products more expensive to buy.

cut and splice
Subject:
English First Additional Language , English Home Language

the most basic transition between or method of joining two shots in which one shot is...

cut away
Subject:
English First Additional Language , English Home Language

See jump cut.

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