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client

[klahy-uhnt]

noun

  1. a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.

  2. a person who is receiving the benefits, services, etc., of a social welfare agency, a government bureau, etc.

  3. a customer.

  4. anyone under the patronage of another; a dependent.

  5. Computers.a computer or an application on a computer that communicates with a remote server.

    Exit the program before installing the patch to update the client.

  6. client state.

  7. (in ancient Rome) a plebeian who lived under the patronage of a patrician.



adjective

  1. being a regular customer.

    a client company.

  2. economically, and often militarily, dependent upon a more prosperous, more powerful nation.

client

/ ˈklaɪənt, klaɪˈɛntəl /

noun

  1. a person, company, etc, that seeks the advice of a professional man or woman

  2. a customer

  3. a person who is registered with or receiving services or financial aid from a welfare agency

  4. computing a program or work station that requests data or information from a server

  5. a person depending on another's patronage

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

client

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

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Other Word Forms

  • cliental adjective
  • nonclient adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of client1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin client-, stem of ŧԲ “person seeking the protection or influence of someone powerful”; perhaps akin to ī “to bend” ( incline )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of client1

C14: from Latin ŧԲ retainer, dependant; related to Latin ī to lean
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Instead, many of the recent conversations he’s had with clients and media executives have been centered on fear and uncertainty.

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As he later explained to me, the Inglewood job was for a client who hired him to re-landscape the yard as a Christmas gift to his wife.

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The person on sApp told the client they could pick up the proof of permanent residency status with Toczylowski’s organization, which was a lie.

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Lani says his dream client would be Slipknot, the nu-metal band with nine masked members that provided a prototype for bands like Sleep Token.

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Most of the stolen inventory consisted of roughly 100 pieces of jewelry from neighborhood clients that were being repaired or restored by the Youssefs.

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