customerize en · VERB
Etymology
From customer + -ize.
Meanings
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(transitive) To adapt to the needs or goals of a customer, or customers in general.
Customerize the company! Am I right or am I right? For forty years or thereabouts, marketers have worshipped at the feet of the customer.
2004, Stephen Brown, Free Gift Inside!!: Forget the Customer. Develop Marketease, page 7:He knew, however, that he wanted to reposition and “customerize” the HR department at SBC.
1996, Randall S. Schuler, Paul F. Buller, Cases in Management, Organizational Behavior and Human Resources Management, page 259:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| customerizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| customerizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| customerized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| customerized | Tense=Past | lexicographic |