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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.

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

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client·age (-n-tj) n.

cli·ental (kl-ntl, kln-) adj.

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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]

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client  (klnt)

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

Thesaurus

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 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 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

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client

noun customer, consumer, buyer, patron, shopper, habitué, patient

Translations

client [ˈklaɪənt] n → cliente m/f

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client [ˈklaɪənt] n → client(e)

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client [ˈklaɪənt] n → Kunde m, Kundin f;

(of bank, lawyer) → Klient(in) m(f);

(of restaurant) → Gast m

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client [ˈklaɪənt] n → cliente m/f

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client

n client [ˈklaiənt]

1 a person who receives professional advice from a lawyer, accountant etc. kliënt مُوكّل (في دَعوى) довереник klient klient der/die Klient(in) πελάτης (π.χ. δικηγόρου) cliente klient مراجعه کننده؛ موکل asiakas client/-ente לָקוֹח मुवक्किल klijent, stalan posjetilac, stranka ügyfél klien skjólstæðingur cliente 依頼人 소송[] 의뢰인 klientas klients klien clia ant klient klient cliente client клиент klient, -ka stranka klijent klient ผู้รับคำปรึกษา müvekkil (律師的)當事人 клієнт مؤکل thân chủ （律师的）当事人

2 a customer That hairdresser is very popular with his clients. klant زُبون клиент zákazník kunde der/die Kunde/Kundin πελάτης (καταστήματος) cliente klient مشتری asiakas client/-ente לָקוֹח उपभोगता klijent, stranka vevő; vendég pelanggan viðskiptavinur cliente 顧客 고객, 단골 손님 klientas pelanggan klant kunde klient cliente client клиент zákazník, -čka stranka mušterija kund ลูกค้า müşteri 顧客 клієнт گاہک khách hàng 顾客

n clientèle [kliːonˈtel]

a group or type of clients a bank's clientele. مَجْموعَة زَبائِن klientel; kundekreds der Kundenkreis πελατολόγιο clientela klientuur asiakaspiiri clientèle nasabah viðskiptavinir clientela 顧客たち 의뢰인들 klientai, klientūra klientūra clienta klienter, klientell; kundekrets klientela clientela clientelă клиентура klientela stranke klientel, kundkrets müvekkiller, müşteriler 委託人 委托人