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common
/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
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The customer is always right.
Atendemos .
We serve about twenty customers a day.
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I have a meeting with an important client.
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We lost an important client because of that mistake.
enfadado .
The customer came in very angry and asked to speak to the boss.
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