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cli·ent

(klī′ənt)

1. The party for which professional services are rendered, as by an attorney.

2. A customer or patron: clients of the hotel.

3. A person using the services of a social services agency.

4. One that depends on the protection of another.

5. A client state.

6. Computers A computer or program that can download files for manipulation, run applications, or request application-based services from a file server.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin cliēns, client-, dependent, follower; see klei- in Indo-European roots.]

cli′ent·age (-ən-tĭj) n.

cli·en′tal (klī-ĕn′tl, klī′ən-) adj.

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client

(ˈklaɪənt)

1. a person, company, etc, that seeks the advice of a professional man or woman

2. (Commerce) a customer

3. (Social Welfare) a person who is registered with or receiving services or financial aid from a welfare agency

4. (Computer Science) computing a program or work station that requests data or information from a server

5. a person depending on another's patronage

[C14: from Latin cliēns retainer, dependant; related to Latin clīnāre to lean]

cliental adj

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cli•ent

(ˈklaɪ ənt)

n.

1. a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, 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. client state.

6. a workstation on a network that gains access to central data files, programs, and peripheral devices through a server.

[1350–1400; Middle English < Latin client-, s. of cliēns person seeking the protection or influence of someone powerful]

cli•en•tal (klaɪˈɛn tl, ˈklaɪ ən tl) adj.

cli′ent•less, adj.

customer

– client

1. 'customer'

A customer is someone who buys something, especially from a shop.

She's one of our regular customers.

2. 'client'

A client is a person or company that receives a service from a professional person or organization in return for payment.

A solicitor and his client were sitting at the next table.

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Noun	1.	client - a person who seeks the advice of a lawyer law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" case - a person requiring professional services; "a typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor" attorney-client relation, lawyer-client relation - the responsibility of a lawyer to act in the best interests of the client
	2.	client - someone who pays for goods or services customer consumer - a person who uses goods or services buyer, emptor, purchaser, vendee - a person who buys guest - a customer of a hotel or restaurant etc. frequenter, patron - a regular customer policyholder - a person who holds an insurance policy; usually, the client in whose name an insurance policy is written shopper - someone who visits stores in search of articles to buy disburser, expender, spender - someone who spends money to purchase goods or services reader, subscriber - someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication taker - one who accepts an offer warrantee - a customer to whom a warrant or guarantee is given john, trick - a prostitute's customer business relation - a relation between different business enterprises
	3.	client - (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network guest, node computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system - a machine for performing calculations automatically computer network - (computer science) a network of computers computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures

client

noun customer, consumer, buyer, patron, shopper, habitué, patient The company requires clients to pay substantial fees in advance.

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client

noun

One who buys goods or services:

buyer, customer, patron, purchaser.

Translations

زَبُونزُبونمُوكّل

klientzákazník

klientkunde

Kunde Kundin Klient

πελάτης

cliente

asiakas

clientmaître d’ouvrage

klijentklijentica

ügyfélkliens

kaupandikúnniskjólstæîingurviðskiptavinurviîskiptavinur

cliente committente compratore

依頼人

의뢰인

klientaiklientasklientūra

klientspastāvīgs pircējs/pasūtītājs

klient

stranka

klient

ลูกค้า

müşteri müvekkil

khách hàng

委托人客户当事人顾客

client

[ˈklaɪənt]

A. N → cliente/a m/f
my client (in court) → mi defendido

B. CPD client state N (Pol) → estado m satélite, estado m cliente

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

client

[ˈklaɪənt] n [professional person] → client(e) m/fclient base n → clientèle f régulière, fonds m de clientèle

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

client

→ Kunde m, → Kundin f; (of solicitor) → Klient(in) m(f); (of barrister) → Mandant(in) m(f)

(US, receiving welfare) → Bezieher(in) m(f)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

client

[ˈklaɪənt] n → cliente m/f

client

(ˈklaiənt) noun

1. a person who receives professional advice from a lawyer, accountant etc.

2. a customer. That hairdresser is very popular with his clients.

clientèle (kliːonˈtel) noun

a group or type of clients. a bank's clientele.

client

→ زَبُون klient klient Kunde πελάτης cliente asiakas client klijent cliente 依頼人 의뢰인 cliënt klient klient cliente клиент klient ลูกค้า müşteri khách hàng 客户

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I have advised a prodigious number of clients, and have dealt with some exceedingly awkward difficulties, in my time.

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Yours truly." In the detestable slang of the day, we were now both "at a deadlock," and nothing was left for it but to refer to our clients on either side.

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Jaggers's own high-backed chair was of deadly black horse-hair, with rows of brass nails round it, like a coffin; and I fancied I could see how he leaned back in it, and bit his forefinger at the clients. The room was but small, and the clients seemed to have had a habit of backing up against the wall: the wall, especially opposite to Mr.

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'All I know is,' said Miss Sally, smiling drily, for she delighted in nothing so much as irritating her brother, 'that if every one of your clients is to force us to keep a clerk, whether we want to or not, you had better leave off business, strike yourself off the roll, and get taken in execution, as soon as you can.'

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Three feet of knotty-floored dark passage bring the client to Mr.

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"SIR -- I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your note, inclosing a letter addressed to my client, Mr.

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He let his eyes rest on Alexey Alexandrovitch's feet, feeling that he might offend his client by the sight of his irrepressible amusement.

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"My poor client's fate now depends on you votes." Here the speaker sat down in his place, And directed the Judge to refer to his notes And briefly to sum up the case.

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Rocke had other things to say, but his client's manner seemed designed to create a barrier of formality between them.

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I have one client, a sporting man, who would be very likely to take it up if we could agree upon terms.

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He patted a client on the shoulder, and, more extraordinary still , he gave a client permission to waste his time.

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'"Upon these papers," said the client, "the man whose name they bear, has raised, as you will see, large sums of money, for years past.

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