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| cli·ent [ kl ənt ] (plural cli·ents) |
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1. somebody using professional service: a person or organization taking advice from an attorney, accountant, or other professional person
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2. customer: a person or organization to whom goods or services are provided and sold
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3. user of social services agency: a user of the services offered by a social services agency
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4. person or entity helped by another: a person or entity dependent on the protection or patronage of another person or entity
  the former Soviet Union and its clients in the Middle East
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5. comput computer program that requests data: a computer program that obtains data from a program on another computer, often one linked on a network. An Internet browser is a specific kind of client.
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| [14th century. < Latin client- "dependent" < cluere "obey"] |
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| cli·en·tal adjective |
| cli·ent·less adjective |
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