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UK
/kəmplˈeɪnt/
]
[ US /kəmˈpɫeɪnt/ ]
[ US /kəmˈpɫeɪnt/ ]
NOUN
- (formerly) a loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or sorrow
- an expression of grievance or resentment
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(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
he was arrested on a charge of larceny - (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based
- an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
How To Use complaint In A Sentence
- His wife shopped him to me with a bitter complaint about his clothes bill.
- Lateness and carelessness are subjects for complaint.
- The ASA said the complaints had cited the cartoon depiction of Christ and the Sacred Heart, the use of the term "miraculous" for describing a mobile phone deal, and the fact that it was published on Maundy Thursday. BBC News - Home
- Handling complaints well can turn a dissatisfied customer into a loyal one.
- The company has been sitting on my letter for weeks without dealing with my complaint.
- A spokesman said: ‘Following a further complaint, visits to the tea room this year established the conditions of the licence had again been broken.’
- The watchdog plans to issue formal regulatory guidance setting out how companies should handle endowment complaints and assess where compensation is due.
- But, as soon as that box landed, as soon as he delved in and lifted out his brassie and his spoon and his cleek, Reid did not have a single complaint in the whole wide world.
- Bear in mind any houses overlooking your stables as you do not want to give neighbours cause for complaint. Your First Horse - buying, feeding, caring
- Where we find questionable practices in sales or complaint handling, firms can expect that we will take action. Times, Sunday Times
