noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a business customer/client
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We’re providing our business customers with reliable, proven Internet technology.
a potential customer/buyer/client
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Advertisers want to reach as many potential customers as possible.
a prospective customer/client
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We are conducting market research among existing and prospective customers.
client state
corporate clients/customers (= clients that are companies )
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It's a big investment bank that serves mainly corporate clients.
entertaining clients
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Do you get an allowance for entertaining clients ?
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
corporate
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They can not at the same time absorb and spread the credit risks of their corporate clients as well.
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By the end of 1994, MCSNet had over 2200 individual customers and nearly 50 corporate and public-sector clients .
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It may thus be that a client is a corporate finance client for some activities but not for others.
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Those items in italics are particular issues which you should address in deciding whether a client is a corporate finance client.
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Porter Monday and begin advising corporate clients on how to lobby the government.
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Section 0403 below sets out the procedures to be followed in determining if a client is a corporate finance client.
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He represented major corporate clients , from BankAmerica Corp. to Crowley Maritime.
new
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The scheme offers special membership benefits to participating firms, including referrals of new clients from over 3,000 business advice centres nationwide.
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Support, guidance, training, how to get new clients , and how to get into the cycles-really specific suggestions.
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It makes money from spreads on its hedging operations which fix the interest rate, and on attracting new clients .
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Habitual petty thieves and drug addicts dumped on top of their already bulging caseload become their newest clients .
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Some new clients face a three-month waiting list.
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By 1989, however, forces at work in the world had produced new dilemmas for clients .
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And later this year, Hewlett-Packard will ship a new client intended to be a universal Windows client.
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As new clients meet me, I tell them the story.
potential
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Therefore, to some degree any public relations proposal for any potential client is out of date as soon as it is written.
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Naturally, Sheila thought that meant a potential client had called.
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Fairs are useful for meeting potential new clients and as a way to introduce ourselves.
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Newsletters are often issued on free trial to potential clients .
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Each one recognises sectional interests within the profession but has little or no regard to the public at large or the potential client .
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The facility is currently being actively promoted both within the Bar and locally with potential professional clients .
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Solicitors also participate in social activities likely to get them and their firms known to potential clients .
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Most potential clients visit them at Potton and attend one of the free seminars, held three times a week.
private
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It will specialise in corporate, insurance litigation and private client work.
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Both companies are private client stockbrokers, which specialize in managing money for wealthy investors, trusts and charities.
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The money saved there will be transferred to develop the private client business and research which is corporate based.
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Nor are more than a few probably aware that frequent political analyst Jody Powell has worked for partisan and private clients .
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It's exciting and stimulating; with a private client I love it when she trusts me.
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Some decline to accept private clients and act only for employers.
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Michael Mathews is still working for Citibank in Geneva, dealing with private clients .
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They would show that the private client is still loved in today's institutional world.
■ NOUN
group
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The results have to be published and should not be only of interest to the client group who put forward the proposal.
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The General Information form on p. 146 is completed for each client group being audited.
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Through the scheme the client group will be put in touch with a suitable academic researcher if they have not themselves nominated one.
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A third way of considering expenditure distribution is via the allocation given to specific patient or client groups .
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The research on the project is required to be carried out in close co-operation with the client group .
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It was dispersed in terms of client groups .
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There are obviously more overheads when the client group is geographically dispersed rather than grouped together in a home.
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The advocacy of spending is concentrated in vocal and influential communities and client groups that can affect the electoral chances of politicians.
■ VERB
advise
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The surveyor will therefore require a knowledge of the contracts available in order to advise his client .
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Porter Monday and begin advising corporate clients on how to lobby the government.
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There came a point when we had to advise our client that she didn't proceed further.
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Goldberg said he had advised his client to simply plead not guilty during the court session and say nothing else.
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Sales consultants are now able to advise clients using photographs, on a range of sizes, colours and planters.
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Under the circumstances, I am advising my client to make no response.
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The person using an expert system to advise a client will be potentially liable under the laws of contract and negligence.
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It may be helpful to advise the client on how to announce the sale to their staff.
help
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Self-monitoring also helps the client to see their difficulty in a different way.
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Suddenly I was spending more time managing my payroll than I was helping my clients .
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This time would vary with the season, thus using imagination and flexibility to help such a client retain some autonomy.
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The purpose of this is to help clients deal appropriately with relapses, which do occur.
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Here consultancies set out to help a client who is in an emergency situation.
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Civil and commercial litigation allows me to help a client stand up for his rights.
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Unlike therapists who deal with psychological problems, coaches help their clients establish business goals and stay on track.
meet
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He says the Bookies have refused even to meet his client .
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The therapist and client should examine the book to select a meeting for the client to attend.
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It is a wise precaution to meet new clients , rather than to deal with them over the telephone or by correspondence.
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I never met a client in a flophouse before, so I said I would.
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It is time for a meeting with a client .
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He suggested that Weeks plan an agenda before meeting with clients during the tax season.
offer
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From a business perspective it is a manoeuvre which meets a much-recognised need for the agency to offer clients international service.
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He had started a company that offered clients marketing advice.
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The group also offers clients the opportunity to share experiences and receive feedback from peers.
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Weeks could offer regular assistance to clients on how to save money or cut expenses.
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As the cost of technology has fallen so the factors have been able to offer clients links into their databases.
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Despite their prestige, they seem to have less to offer the private client than licensed dealers.
provide
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This is essential to facilitate the smooth running of a sale and to provide the client with regular written status reports.
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Daley, as a politician with a growing reputation, provided the clients with a practical reason to bring him their business.
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That sets up a situation of two naming services and not providing NIS+ clients for SunOS.
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Nutrition Intervention Nutrition counseling, nutrition education, and follow-up services are elements of care provided to patients / clients .
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Is it possible this would affect the home care manager's decision about the services to provide to each client ?
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Nicholas Breads, which are blessed and which continue to provide for his clients many favors and graces.
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The role of a solicitor is to provide clients with skilled legal advice and representation on all legal matters.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Case workers deal with as many as a dozen clients a day.
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Elkins assured the judge that neither of his clients had a criminal record.
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Kilmer's attorney, Ralph Loeb, said that his client should not have to pay the government anything.
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Mr Langston normally meets with clients in the afternoon.
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The firm is one of our oldest clients - we don't want to lose them.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Both companies are private client stockbrokers, which specialize in managing money for wealthy investors, trusts and charities.
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International sponsors the team jointly with one of its key clients, offshore fabrication group McDermott International.
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It was not etiquette to enquire where clients went, so Theodora had asked no questions.
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On the phone, though, her client sounded timid, afraid, lost.
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One of its clients, Houston Power and Light, uses the object-oriented system to help schedule maintenance of its power stations.
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The food will then be heated up by the elderly and disabled clients themselves.
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Under the non-exclusive agreement, Ingenia will sell O2 to its clients in the defence, agro-chemical and automotive industries.
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Whether or not we agree with the principles or validity of church laws and rules, many of our clients will accept them.