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cli·ent

 (klī′ənt)
n.
1. The party for which professional services are rendered, as by an attorney.
2. A customer or patron: clients of the hotel.
3. A person using the services of a social services agency.
4. One that depends on the protection of another.
5. A client state.
6. Computers A computer or program that can download files for manipulation, run applications, or request application-based services from a file server.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin cliēns, client-, dependent, follower; see klei- in Indo-European roots.]

cli′ent·age (-ən-tĭj) n.
cli·en′tal (klī-ĕn′tl, klī′ən-) adj.
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Clientage

 a body of adherents; supporters, 1611.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.clientage - relation of a client to a patron
business relation - a relation between different business enterprises
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In all, three clerks and a half, which, for the time, argued a very extensive clientage.
This clientage of the company includes Textile/Spinning Mills, Flour Mills, Sports and Surgical Manufacturers, Garment Factories, Sugar Mills, Ghee Industries and various other industrial projects the number of which runs over fifteen thousand.
It is found that interpersonal meetings and increased in clientage interest with the help of advocacy by health workers, tilted the people attitudes and behavior towards public health and increased vaccination and family planning awareness.4 The contacts with peers and service providers is considered as similar to interpersonal communicators.
It was very successful and received good clientage in Qatar.
Because of its congenital weakness, the Italian central government soon learned to give in to local power-holders in Sicily, and in the South in general, creating a politics of patronage and clientage, further undermining "Legal Italy" (Pezzino, 1997: 53).
'We do have a clientage of unstitched fabric and other accessories in such cities and it is likely that they will come to the stitched fabric soon,' he pointed out.
In addition, Bar should also take notice of those lawyers who have remained judges of the superior courts and use prefix/suffix of their previous designations such as Rtd justice, Ex-judge, ex-Attorney General to attract the clientage. This practice is prohibited under rule 174-A of Pakistan legal practitioner and Bar Council rules, 1976.
He said the actual CNG price was Rs120 per kg but some CNG stations sold it at Rs109 per kg to keep their clientage intact.
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ZTBL branches are operating in rural and underdeveloped areas to provide financial services to a greater number of rural clientage. Income generated by ZTBL through its operations is ploughed back for the development of the agricultural economy which ultimately contributes to the public exchequer.