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client
[ klahy-uhnt ]
/ ËklaÉȘ Ént /
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noun
adjective
being a regular customer: a client company.
economically, and often militarily, dependent upon a more prosperous, more powerful nation.
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Origin of client
1350â1400; Middle English <Latin client-, stem of cliÄns person seeking the protection or influence of someone powerful; perhaps akin to clÄ«nÄre to bend (see incline)
OTHER WORDS FROM client
cli·en·tal [klahy-en-tl, klahy-uhn-tl], /klaÉȘËÉn tl, ËklaÉȘ Én tl/, adjectivenon·cli·ent, adjectiveWords nearby client
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How to use client in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for client
client
/ (ËklaÉȘÉnt) /
noun
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
computing a program or work station that requests data or information from a server
a person depending on another's patronage
Derived forms of client
cliental (klaÉȘËÉntÉl), adjectiveWord Origin for client
C14: from Latin cliÄns retainer, dependant; related to Latin clÄ«nÄre to lean
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Scientific definitions for client
client
[ klÄ«âČÉnt ]
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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