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client

[ klahy-uhnt ]

noun

  1. a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
  2. a person who is receiving the benefits, services, etc., of a social welfare agency, a government bureau, etc.
  3. a customer.
  4. anyone under the patronage of another; a dependent.
  5. Computers. a computer or an application on a computer that communicates with a remote server:

    Exit the program before installing the patch to update the client.

  6. (in ancient Rome) a plebeian who lived under the patronage of a patrician.


adjective

  1. being a regular customer:

    a client company.

  2. economically, and often militarily, dependent upon a more prosperous, more powerful nation.

client

/ ˈklaɪənt; klaɪˈɛntəl /

noun

  1. a person, company, etc, that seeks the advice of a professional man or woman
  2. a customer
  3. a person who is registered with or receiving services or financial aid from a welfare agency
  4. computing a program or work station that requests data or information from a server
  5. a person depending on another's patronage
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


client

/ klīənt /

  1. A program that runs on a personal computer or workstation connected to a computer network and requests information from a file server.


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Derived Forms

  • cliental, adjective
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Other Words From

  • cli·en·tal [klahy-, en, -tl, klahy, -, uh, n-tl], adjective
  • non·client adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of client1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin client-, stem of cliēns “person seeking the protection or influence of someone powerful”; perhaps akin to clīnāre “to bend” ( incline )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of client1

C14: from Latin cliēns retainer, dependant; related to Latin clīnāre to lean
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Example Sentences

Hunter Biden’s attorney has said that his client did not receive any compensation, either in the form of a return on investment or due to his position on the board.

The rest — that would call for a more pan-regional publisher — are less common but require large global clients to pull them off and, naturally, fetch a higher price tag.

From Digiday

Iconiq Capital, a multifamily office whose clients include Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman and Twitter’s Jack Dorsey, took part in multiple Snowflake funding rounds beginning in 2017.

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Since then, the company has had great success attracting clients like Capital One, Office Depot, and DoorDash.

From Fortune

The firm took a hit at “the worst possible moment” because its portfolios were positioned at the start of the year to benefit from rising markets, Dalio told clients in mid-March.

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“We all shook hands and my client told me to leave,” he said.

She says she will have to fight in “other ways” to get her client freed.

“Our first few months we had maybe one client and then we went on The Tyra Banks Show,” says James.

Average age ranges from 45 to 65, with her youngest client at 18 and the oldest in her 80s.

The first thing Joplin needs to find out before he will agree to officiate a wedding is why his potential client is in prison.

David Arden, as he promised, had dictated to him in outline the awful case he had massed against his client.

At a circuit dinner, a counsellor observed to another, "I shall certainly hang your client."

If a client goes to a lawyer for advice the first thing the lawyer asks him to do is to make a clean breast of it.

He was especially noted for his success in criminal cases, almost always clearing his client.

It seems this client is willing to pay me my own price—within reasonable limits of course.

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