- a person, company, etc, that seeks the advice of a professional man or woman
- a customer
- a person who is registered with or receiving services or financial aid from a welfare agency
- a program or work station that requests data or information from a server
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
cli•ent /ˈklaɪənt/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, etc.:argued that his client was innocent of the charges.
- a person who is receiving the benefits, etc., of a social welfare agency, etc.:I see hundreds of clients a week.
- a customer.
cli•ent
(klī′ənt),USA pronunciation n.
adj.
cli•en•tal
(klī en′tl, klī′ən tl),USA pronunciation adj.
client, +n.
- a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- a person who is receiving the benefits, services, etc., of a social welfare agency, a government bureau, etc.
- a customer.
- anyone under the patronage of another; a dependent.
- Computinga workstation on a network that gains access to central data files, programs, and peripheral devices through a server.
- GovernmentSee client state.
- Ancient History(in ancient Rome) a plebeian who lived under the patronage of a patrician.
adj.
- being a regular customer:a client company.
- economically, and often militarily, dependent upon a more prosperous, more powerful nation.
- Latin client-, stem of cliēns person seeking the protection or influence of someone powerful; perh. akin to clīnāre to bend (see incline)
- Middle English 1350–1400
client, +n.
- Computinga workstation on a network that gains access to central data files, programs, and peripheral devices through a server.
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client /ˈklaɪənt/ n
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account
- account executive
- advocate
- ambulance stocks
- billable
- brief
- CARE
- case
- churn
- clientele
- close out
- credit
- darbies
- estimate
- instruct
- instructions
- john
- law agent
- life coach
- margin
- personal stylist
- proxy server
- punter
- quotation
- Sarandon
- servlet
- thick client
- thin client
- call girl
- clientage
- client-centered therapy
- client state
- comprehensive
- confidential communication
- credit bureau
- default
- demand
- eclectic
- fee-splitting
- for
- improve
- lay intermediary
- maintain
- nondirective therapy
- pass
- passalong
- patron
- personal trainer
- preventive law
- prospect
