client

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈklʌɪənt/

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• Hyphenation: cli‧ent

Noun

Singular client

Plural clients

1. (countable) Your client is a person or group that uses your services or buys your products.
   • Synonyms: customer and patient

   As lawyers, we advise our clients not to talk to the media.

   Each day, our best salespeople will persuade fifteen potential clients to buy the service.

2. (countable); (computers) A client is a computer that accesses most central files through a server.

   All clients on the network will be updated with the newest OS over the weekend.

Related words

• client state
• clientèle/clientele