clientnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈklaɪ.ənt/us/ˈklaɪ.ənt/client noun [ C ] (CUSTOMER)
B2 a customer or someone who receives services:
Mr Black has been a client of this firm for many years.
We always aim to give our clients personal attention.
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- She used cognitive therapy on her client to try to inhibit those negative thoughts which were damaging his self-esteem.
- Counsel for the defence argued convincingly that his client was not guilty.
- It's important to create a good impression when you meet a new client.
- The defending lawyer asked that the charge against his client be dismissed.
- She was acting in good faith for her client.
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Business - general words
- Age of Exploration
- B2B
- B2C
- back office
- big business
- corporate memory
- deal
- devolution
- devolve
- devolve sth to sb
- globalization
- mass market
- mass market
- nerve centre
- niche market
- offshore
- open market
- private
- private enterprise
- tertiary
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People who buy things
client noun [ C ] (COMPUTER)
a computer that is connected to a server (= large central computer) from which it gets information
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Computer hardware
- 3-D printer
- blackberry
- brick
- bubblejet
- codec
- handheld
- joypad
- Macintosh
- micro
- microcomputer
- motherboard
- mouse
- ram
- shift key
- tablet
- toggle
- trackball
- underscore
- VDT
- word processor
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