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/ˈkljente/

#561 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

customer; client

Word origin

From Latin 'cliens, clientis', a dependant under the protection of a patron. The same root gives English 'client'.

Origin: Latin
Root: cliens
English cognates: client

Grammar

Gendercommon

Pluralclientes

Examples

The customer is always right.

We serve about twenty customers a day.

I have a meeting with an important client.

We lost an important client because of that mistake.

The customer came in very angry and asked to speak to the boss.

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This word is part of lesson 12.