Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
to lose or to miss customers?
English answer:
to loose customers
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nettranslatorde
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to lose or to miss customers?
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Lose or miss?
How would you say that?
How would you say that?
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| 4 +12 | to loose customers |
nettranslatorde
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| 4 +3 | to lose customers |
Arthur Borges
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| 4 +3 | two different meanings |
jccantrell
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10 mins
nettranslatorde
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to loose customers
...sounds better to me.
statistics: "loose customers" brought 335,000 hits on Google,
"miss customers" none
statistics: "loose customers" brought 335,000 hits on Google,
"miss customers" none
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+3
3 hrs
Arthur Borges
China
China
China
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Works in: English, Swedish to English, French to English
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to lose customers
"Loose" is an adjective, a loose customer, to me, is the opposite of a captive customer, i.e. a customer you control. You seem to want a verb here.
To "lose" a customer, you must have had her/business (you "lose" your pen, a pen you possessed), although you can "lose" potential customers too.
To "miss" a customer is to be absent when she/he is in a position to buy.
To "lose" a customer, you must have had her/business (you "lose" your pen, a pen you possessed), although you can "lose" potential customers too.
To "miss" a customer is to be absent when she/he is in a position to buy.
+3
7 hrs
jccantrell
United States
United States
Native in English
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English
United States
Was nicht ist, kann noch werden.
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: German to English
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856
two different meanings
In the USA,
'to lose customers' means that they were once your customers and you did something (or circumstances changed) that made them use your competitors.
'to miss customers' means that the shop was closed when they came by and you did not make the sale.
Raising his prices caused him to lose 50% of his customers.
When he closed for the holiday, he must have missed 100 customers.
My take on it.
'to lose customers' means that they were once your customers and you did something (or circumstances changed) that made them use your competitors.
'to miss customers' means that the shop was closed when they came by and you did not make the sale.
Raising his prices caused him to lose 50% of his customers.
When he closed for the holiday, he must have missed 100 customers.
My take on it.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Gayle Wallimann
: Good explanation.
16 hrs
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| agree |
Sabine H
3 days 7 hrs
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| agree |
Sue Crocker
3 days 23 hrs
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