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clientage

American  
[klahy-uhn-tij] / ˈklaɪ ən tɪdʒ /

noun

  1. a body of clients; clientele.

  2. Also clienthood the relationship of a client to a patron; dependency.


Etymology

Origin of clientage

First recorded in 1625–35; client + -age


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Much of Roman social life revolved around the system of clientage.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020

He wrote medical treatises which at the time made him a leader in his profession, secured a rich clientage, and prospered greatly.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 by Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle

Why, your clientage as a fashionable physician, O sublime Jenkins, is made up of nothing else.

From The Nabob, Volume 1 by George Burnham Ives

The polite professional man secures the best clientage.

From Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society by Maud C. Cooke

I had a large clientage among the farmers.

From Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 by George Frisbie Hoar

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