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cli·ent  (klnt)
n.
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. Computer Science 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 clins, client-, dependent, follower; see klei- in Indo-European roots.]

client·age (-n-tj) n.
cli·ental (kl-ntl, kln-) adj.

client
Noun
1. someone who uses the services of a professional person or organization
2. a customer
3. Computers a program or work station that requests data from a server [Latin cliens retainer]

client  (klnt)
A program that runs on a personal computer or workstation connected to a computer network and requests information from a file server.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.clientclient - 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.clientclient - someone who pays for goods or services
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
whoremaster, whoremonger, 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
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
Translations
Spanish client [ˈklaɪənt] ncliente m/f
French client [ˈklaɪənt] nclient(e)
German client [ˈklaɪənt] nKunde m, Kundin f;
(of bank, lawyer) → Klient(in) m(f);
(of restaurant) → Gast m

Italian client [ˈklaɪənt] ncliente m/f

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