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Client

Meaning in business english, with examples

/ˈklaɪənt/nounCore term

In business english, client means: A person or organization that pays a company or professional for services or advice, often over a long period.

In Turkish: müşteri, danışan

How it is used

'Client' is usual for services such as consulting, law, advertising, IT and agencies; 'customer' is usual for people who buy products in shops or online. You meet, win, lose and keep clients, and jobs that deal with them directly are 'client-facing'.

Example sentences

  1. We're meeting the client on Thursday to present the new campaign.

  2. She manages our three biggest clients in Germany.

Common collocations

  • meet a client
  • win a client
  • key client
  • client-facing
  • client meeting
  • dealAn agreement between two or more sides, especially a business arrangement to buy, sell or work together on agreed terms.
  • proposalA formal plan or offer, written or spoken, that is put forward for others such as a client or management to consider and accept.
  • contractA formal written agreement between two or more parties that sets out what each side must do and can be enforced by law.
  • stakeholderA person or group that is affected by a project or company decision, or has an interest in it, such as employees, customers, investors or suppliers.

This word in other fields

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