customer retention

noun [U] COMMERCE

Definition

› the fact of keeping a customer for a period of time: customer retention rate/ratio The firm's customer retention rate has remained steady at 82%.

(Definition of customer retention noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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