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Customer
In sales, commerce and economics, a customer (sometimes known as a client, buyer, or purchaser) is the recipient of a good, service, product or an idea – obtained from a seller, vendor, or supplier via a financial transaction or exchange for money or some other valuable consideration.
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Client (noun)
A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services.
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Client (noun)
The role of a computer application or system that requests and/or consumes the services provided by another having the role of server.
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Client (noun)
One who receives help or services from a professional such as a lawyer or accountant.
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Client (noun)
A person who employs or retains an attorney to represent him or her in any legal matter, or one who merely divulges confidential matters to an attorney while pursuing professional assistance without subsequently retaining the attorney.
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Customer (noun)
A patron; one who purchases or receives a product or service from a business or merchant, or intends to do so.
“Every person who passes by is a potential customer.”
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Customer (noun)
A person, especially one engaging in some sort of interaction with others.
“a cool customer, a tough customer, an ugly customer”
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Client (noun)
a person or organization using the services of a lawyer or other professional person or company
“insurance tailor-made to a client’s specific requirements”
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Client (noun)
a person being dealt with by social or medical services
“a client referred for counselling”
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Client (noun)
(in a network) a desktop computer or workstation that is capable of obtaining information and applications from a server
“workstation clients are going to be easy to install”
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Client (noun)
a program that is capable of obtaining a service provided by another program
“friendly client programs like this enable you to perform complicated actions in just a mouse press or two”
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Client (noun)
(in ancient Rome) a plebeian under the protection of a patrician.
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Client (noun)
a dependant; a hanger-on.
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Customer (noun)
a person who buys goods or services from a shop or business
“Mr Harrison was a regular customer at the Golden Lion”
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Customer (noun)
a person of a specified kind with whom one has to deal
“he’s a tough customer”