Learn English – A person who place an order

phrase-requestword-request

An order is placed by one and taken by another. It seems appreciate to call a person who takes an order a "order taker", but I don't know how to refer to the one who place an order.

Possible choices:

  • order placer
  • order submitter
  • order putter

Either a word or a phrase is OK.

Best Answer

First, the word orderer is ok, if you really need that. But it's not very common.

Now in what situation? In a restaurant, you'd really just say "customer" or "patron". For some kind of supplies company, over the phone, I'd say "customer".

The most natural thing, if you must use the word "order", is "person who placed the order". That's what I would say.