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lead user

 
 
noun [C] MARKETING

Definition

one of the first people or organizations to use a new method, product, etc.: Lead users are valued not only as early adopters but as sources of new product ideas.
(Definition of lead user noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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