captive customer

collocation in English

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captive
adjective
uk
/ˈkæp.tɪv/us
/ˈkæp.tɪv/
(of a person or an animal) having limited ability to move or act freely because of being kept in ...
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customer
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkʌs.tə.mər/us
/ˈkʌs.tə.mɚ/
a person who buys goods or ...
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(Definition ofcaptiveandcustomerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Unlike the other fund types, which have largecaptivecustomerbases, retail funds compete for inflows through networks of largely commission-based financial planners.
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He explained that he did not feel that he had a warmcaptivecustomerbase.
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It does not want to be acaptivecustomerto coal in a way which disadvantages it in relation to its competitors.
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The captive customers of yesterday's empire are now, quite rightly, our competitors.
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I say "forced" advisedly because commuters are captive customers.
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It is a gigantic monopoly, with captive customers.
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It does not have captive customers but is wide open to international competition.
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Authorities should now recognise that council tenants are no longer captive customers.
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Will those captive customers be allowed to use the one power source that they should have?
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The nine aircraft ordered are for captive customers.
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They wish to remain captive customers because the status quo is the ideal situation, but not in a situation where they would be exploited.
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Lastly, in his speech my noble friend referred to captive customers and gas charges, and said that they had no idea how these would work out.
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Again, a good many, but not all, nationalised industries are subject to the enervating effect of monopoly, of absence of competition, of the fact that they have captive customers.
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They are, to a greater degree than young married couples, the captive customers: of the nationalised industries— of increasing electricity prices, postal charges and bus fares.
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Those profits do not come from the diversification; they come from the captive customers of the core business, water and sewerage, which the managing director had been neglecting.
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There are no captive customers.
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But if there is no competition or choice, there is no incentive to improve the quality, efficiency and range of the services provided since the organisation has captive customers.
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They are captive customers to a new group of barons who already show all the symptoms of the larger barons in jostling for power and position.
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Although there will no longer be a duty- and tax-free system there will be captive customers around the airports and on other means of transportation and therefore a substantial demand.
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