client
US /ˈklaɪənt/
Definition
a person who seeks the advice of a lawyer
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
Our senior consultant will travel to Chicago tomorrow morning to meet with an important client.
Synonyms
- customersomeone who pays for goods or services
- patrona regular customer
Collocations
- Easy welcome a new prospective business clientto welcome a new prospective business client, meaning to accept gladly
- Medium nurture enduring long-term corporate client loyaltyto nurture enduring long-term corporate client loyalty, meaning to help develop, help grow
- Hard strictly protect sacred attorney-client privilegedescribing strictly protect sacred attorney-client privilege (restricted to something)
- Very Hard cater to elusive ultra-high-net-worth private clientsto cater to elusive ultra-high-net-worth private clients, meaning to give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.