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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. (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

/ ˈklaɪəԳ; 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

/ īəԳ /

  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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Derived Forms

  • cliental, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ··ٲ [klahy-, en, -tl, klahy, -, uh, n-tl], adjective
  • ԴDz·IJԳ adjective
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51Թ 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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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of client1

C14: from Latin ŧԲ retainer, dependant; related to Latin ī to lean
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Brown said one of her clients, for example, doesn’t have transportation but has to travel to another city just to receive medication-assisted treatment.

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"You have to vigorously argue on behalf of your client."

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Mr Bourne, 51, spent five years offering self-defence classes to children and young people for free, and continued to coach some clients on a private basis.

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They shipped the bats to their Yankees clients, but were unsure if the idea would catch on in baseball’s mainstream.

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Prosecutors, for their part, derided Sanders in court and to the press as a desperate hack willing to lie to defend Scott Dekraai, a client accused of massacring eight people at a Seal Beach salon.

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