Clientage

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.

---

Clientage a body of adherents; supporters, 1611.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

clientage - relation of a client to a patron business relation - a relation between different business enterprises