client
IPA: kɫˈaɪʌnt
noun
- A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services.
- (computing) The role of a computer application or system that requests and/or consumes the services provided by another having the role of server.
- A person who receives help or services from a professional such as a lawyer or accountant.
- (law) 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.
- Short for client state. [A state that is economically, politically and/or militarily dependent on another, more powerful state. Originally, the realm of a client king of Rome.]
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Examples of "client" in Sentences
- The client tightened the strings.
- The client pays the rest of the bill.
- The client is prating about the defects.
- The client is punished, as well as the pimp.
- In this case, buyers are clients of the brokerage.
- The choice of principal legal adviser is for the client.
- The privilege is that of the client and not that of the lawyer.
- The respective clients approved the use of their names as sapient clients.
- The contract note is a legal document that binds the broker and the client.
- The gadget and the remote client are both clients, the reflector is a server.
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