Definition of "punters" []

• Plural form of punter. (noun)
• The general public, a body of customers. (noun)

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• "The reason why these matchmaking services are a draw to punters is because the way online dating works makes it very difficult to determine who might be compatible – so any filtering service is better than none."
• "Speaking of position liquidation, short-term punters got it in both directions yesterday in currency-land, as EUR / USD inexplicably went uber-bid in the middle of the afternoon, prompting much sturm und drang over a trend breakout .... only to inexplicably go uber-offered a few minutes later, closing at the bottom of the recent"
• "Your corporate law firm that you work in can shoot higher than unsophisticated "punters" -- just as the house painters (who also did commercial work for contractors who knew what to look for in a good client) could get way better clients than me."