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Client

[klahy-uhnt]

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noun

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.

Computers. a workstation on a network that gains access to central data files, programs, and peripheral devices through a server.

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client state.

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

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adjective

being a regular customer: a client company.

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

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Client is always a great word to know.

So is menu. Does it mean:

system tasks, as initialization and managing peripheral devices, that must be done to permit a computer program to execute properly

a list of options available to a user, as displayed on a screen

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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin client-, stem of cliēns person seeking the protection or influence of someone powerful; perhaps akin to clīnāre to bend (see incline)

Related forms

cli·en·tal

[klahy-en-tl, klahy-uhn-tl] , adjective

non·cli·ent, adjective

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Diallo was simply trying to exploit their client for money.

It's the flip side of the client making unrealistic demands.

These can easily be filed by case and client, so the client gets a more detailed invoice.

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Diallo was simply trying to exploit their client for money.

It's the flip side of the client making unrealistic demands.

These can easily be filed by case and client, so the client gets a more detailed invoice.

The result is savings for the client and creation of local jobs.

In this example you can see the normal process of recovery from trauma reflected in the client s dreams.

Yeah, he thought he knew better than the client what would make the client happy.

She provides tactical direction, cultivates client relationships, business alliances and guides the customer experience.

Take the delicate matter of client relations, for instance.

On one end of the spectrum, for example, was a client who owned a professional services firm.

Experience managing client relationships and client expectations.

Customised programmes require providers to have a closer understanding of the client company and its issues.

When sunbathing gets too boring, your big-mouthed client could stretch those legs by sprinting across expanses of sand or rock.

After several years, the person gave in and sat with this client for the trip.

We spend a lot of time and bandwidth using client apps and closed platforms.

Moreover, you can share files easily via an in-app e-mail client.

Previously, corporate customers had to opt in to enable the banking group to share client information.

Pol receives an emergency call from a client who finds her horse down and fears he may not make it.

Rashid's team could set up a specialized client to intercept and log these queries throughout large segments of the network.

EBay has released an experimental new desktop client which adds animation and dynamic graphics to searching, browsing and bidding.

Experience working with a multicultural client population.

Allocations often used to be based on past commissions paid by a client.

The majority of clinicians fall into this category of potential client.

It's putting that marketplace in a client right on the desktop.

It is not illegal, for example, for a bank to review all its business with a client to determine whether to continue lending.

Commissioned art and illustration have always been collaborative between the artist, the editor and the client.

Plex is a client and server app for organizing and watching movies.

To prevent fire sales, perhaps a third of funds have restricted client withdrawals.

The defense tried to use brain scans of the defendant to prove its client had not intentionally defrauded the government.

Instead, lawyers will only be expected to express concerns to the client.

Gone are the days when their main client base was wealthy individuals.

The bank has been earning local interest rates on the local dollars, whilst the client has shouldered the currency risk.

It has also said that it will not offer both internal and external audits for the same client.

But the banks' overlapping client coverage means that this will do little to increase demand for the shares.

Bill's attorneys want to introduce the pictures as evidence that their client has a brain abnormality.

May participate in client committees and may coordinate client involvement in development and maintenance tasks as needed.

Was it true, the client wanted to know, that a certain.

Canon, said his client planned to go back to the university to complete her degree.

It was brought to the law firm by a client who says he did not know that it had been stolen.

The headboard of the couple's bed is a cast-off footboard from a tall client who preferred to stretch out while sleeping.

The lawyer representing the attack suspect said he thought his client would spend life in prison.

The careers of architects are littered with buildings that never found a client or a budget and never emerged from the ground.

She is responsible for strategy, execution, business results and client satisfaction for the full.

When the client returns for his muti the witchdoctor tells him what to do with it.

Supervised floor attendants and resolved client inquiries during exhibitions and sales.

They should be made at the last possible moment and delivered to the client precisely as he specified.

The outfitter matches client donations to local projects.

Often times the client doesn't know how to properly express how they need the software to work.

Many now say that their news aggregator is as indispensable as their e-mail client.

Episode ends when the next client comes in and as the girl leaves the man says give me a kiss.

The typical client imagines they generate lots of money, doesn't know quite how they do it, and is willing to pay.

He is, it turns out, showing it to a client this afternoon and agrees to let me tag along.

The only caveat would be: you have to be good with maintaining client relationships.

In the complex world of financial markets, the client wants the best brains to look.

After a client shot the animal, the guide noticed that it had a busted tooth.

Every quote from a supposed client is perfectly crafted to bring one's blood to a boil.

Then a sozzled client drags him away jeering that he always steals the booze.

When you're all installed and have the client running, you attach your toy to the wireless receiver and switch it on.

Cohen's attorney has also told the court that his client does not have the money the court is ordering him to turn over.

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World English Dictionary

client (ˈklaɪənt)

—n
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

[C14: from Latin cliēns retainer, dependant; related to Latin clīnāre to lean]

cliental

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

client

1393, from Anglo-Fr. clyent, from L. cliens (acc. clientem) "follower, retainer," perhaps a var. of prp. of cluere "listen, follow, obey" (see listen); or from clinare "to incline, bend," from suffixed form of PIE base *klei- "to lean" (see

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lean (v.)). The ground sense is of one who leans on another for protection. In ancient Rome, a plebian under protection of a patrician (in this relationship called patronus, see patron), originally in Eng. "a lawyer's customer," by c.1600 extended to any customer.

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American Heritage

Science Dictionary

client (klī'ənt) Pronunciation Key
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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Computing Dictionary

client definition

programming
A computer system or process that requests a service of another computer system or process (a "server") using some kind of protocol and accepts the server's responses. A client is part of a client-server software architecture.
For example, a workstation requesting the contents of a file from a file server is a client of the file server.
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