client

/ˈklaɪənt/

/ˈklaɪɪnt/

Other forms: clients

If you pay for something, you are a client. If you pay to get your dog groomed, you are a client of the dog groomer (and so is your pooch).

If you shop at a certain store or use the services of a particular business, then you are a client of that store or business. If you want to go into acting, for example, you'll need to become a client of a talent agent. In computer terms, a client is a computer that makes a request of another computer, called a server. The term client is especially used in networks where one server may handle multiple requests from multiple clients.

Definitions of client

1. noun

   someone who pays for goods or services
   synonyms: customer

   types:

   buyer, emptor, purchaser, vendee

   a person who buys

   guest

   a customer of a hotel or restaurant etc.

   frequenter, patron

   a regular customer

   policyholder

   a person who holds an insurance policy; usually, the client in whose name an insurance policy is written

   shopper

   someone who visits stores in search of articles to buy

   disburser, expender, spender

   someone who spends money to purchase goods or services

   reader, subscriber

   someone who pays for and receives a steady publication (such as a monthly magazine) or service (such as cable TV or an app)

   taker

   one who accepts an offer

   warrantee

   a customer to whom a warrant or guarantee is given

   bargain hunter

   a shopper who hunts for bargains

   customer agent

   a foreign purchaser who buys goods outright for resale

   home buyer

   someone buying a house

   no-show

   a guest who fails to notify a hotel or restaurant when canceling a reservation

   operagoer

   a patron of the opera

   orderer

   someone who places an order to buy

   overnighter

   a guest who stays overnight

   fixture, habitue, regular

   a regular patron

   shopaholic

   a compulsive shopper

   type of:

   consumer

   a person who uses goods or services
2. noun

   a person who seeks the advice of a lawyer
   type of:

   case

   a person requiring professional services
3. noun

   (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network
   synonyms: guest, node

   type of:

   computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system

   a machine for performing calculations automatically