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client

  • noun
  • cli·ent
  • /ˈklaɪ.ənt/

A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services.

Other meanings

  1. The role of a computer application or system that requests and/or consumes the services provided by another having the role of server.

  2. A person who receives help or services from a professional such as a lawyer or accountant.

Related words

  • cliency
  • clientage
  • cliental
  • clientess
  • clientism
  • clientitis
  • multiclient
  • nonclient
  • servent
  • clientdom
  • direct client contact
  • cliented

Word history

From Latin "cliēns".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “client” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.