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cliente cativo

English translation: captive customer

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Portuguese term or phrase:cliente cativo
English translation:captive customer
Entered by: Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun

12:14 Dec 1, 2008
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Mining & Minerals / Gems / Especificação Técnica
Portuguese term or phrase: cliente cativo
Gestão Energética no Mercado Livre, que permite a simulação, via Internet, de inúmeros contratos de compra de energia segundo regras do XXXXXXXXXX, a comparação com os custos de cliente cativo, e a previsão de carga segundo postos tarifários tradicionais ou patamares de carga do XXXXX;
Marcia Galdi
Portugal
Local time: 12:25
captive customer
Explanation:
captive customer definition - [ Traduzir esta página ]captive customer - definition of captive customer from BusinessDictionary.com: Buyer or user who is reluctant to substitute one product or vendor with ...
www.businessdictionary.com/definition/captive-customer.html - 23k - Em cache - Páginas Semelhantes
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Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 13:25
Grading comment
Obrigada ....:)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +3captive client
kashew
4 +3captive customer
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun


  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
captive customer


Explanation:
captive customer definition - [ Traduzir esta página ]captive customer - definition of captive customer from BusinessDictionary.com: Buyer or user who is reluctant to substitute one product or vendor with ...
www.businessdictionary.com/definition/captive-customer.html - 23k - Em cache - Páginas Semelhantes

Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 13:25
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 61
Grading comment
Obrigada ....:)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Zornitsa Antonova
5 mins
  -> Obrigado, Zornitsa
agree  Carlos Quandt
54 mins
  -> Obrigado, Quandt
agree  Donna Sandin: whether you call it a customer or client depends on the industry and sometimes is hard to determine
3 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Donna
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
captive client


Explanation:
*more chic than customer.

Example sentence(s):
  • Perhaps you can dedicate a production line to a captive client.
kashew
France
Local time: 13:25
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  telefpro
3 mins
  -> Thanks
agree  Marlene Curtis
1 hr
agree  Donna Sandin: whether you call it a customer or client depends on the industry and sometimes is hard to determine. Grocery stores don't have "clients" and lawyers don't have "customers." Banking seems to waffle on this, example: "Know your Customer" rules they follo
3 hrs
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