clientage

[ klahy-uhn-tij ]

noun

1. a body of clients; clientele.
2. Also cli·ent·hood []. the relationship of a client to a patron; dependency.

Word History and Origins

Origin of clientage¹

First recorded in 1625–35; client + -age

Example Sentences

He has since been engaged in this line and has won for himself a prominent position, having a very large clientage.

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Nor can it be said that this was an injury to that clientage, composed of consumers all through the adjacent countryside.

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He had an office in the Equitable Building, and, during his periods of ill-luck, a large and paying clientage.

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The Negro lawyer serves almost exclusively colored clientage, so that his existence is half forgotten by the white world.

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In South America we also meet with at least one case of a tribe, or part of a tribe, which is in clientage to another tribe.

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Related Words

• audience
• constituency