churn
noun [S or U] (CUSTOMERS) /tʃɜːn/
/tʃɝːn/ (also churn rate) specializedDefinition
› the number of customers who decide to stop using a service offered by one company and to use another company, usually because it offers a better service or price: Internet and cable television companies suffer from a high churn rate.Business and commerce - general words
(Definition of churn noun (CUSTOMERS) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- appointment noun (JOB)
- B2B
- B2C
- big business noun (POPULAR)
- Bros. noun
- burn rate noun
- clearing house noun
- deal verb (DO BUSINESS)
- dealings noun
- devolution noun
- devolve sth to sb phrasal verb
- fair trade noun
- mass market noun
- offshore adjective
- private adjective (NOT OFFICIAL)
- private enterprise noun
- privately adverb (NOT OFFICIAL)
- restrictive trade practice noun
- see the colour of sb's money idiom
- tender noun (OFFER)
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