CLIENTELE


Meaning of CLIENTELE in English

cli ‧ en ‧ tele /ˌkliːənˈtel $ ˌklaɪənˈtel, ˌkliː-/ BrE AmE noun [singular]

[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: French ; Origin: clientèle , from Latin clientela , from cliens ; ⇨ ↑ client ]

all the people who regularly use a shop, restaurant etc:

The restaurant attracts a young clientele.

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THESAURUS

▪ customer someone who buys goods or services from a shop or company:

Customers were waiting for the shop to open.

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The bank is one of our biggest customers.

▪ client someone who pays for a service from a professional person or company:

He has a meeting with one of his clients.

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The company buys and sells shares on behalf of their clients

▪ shopper someone who goes to the shops looking for things to buy:

The streets were full of Christmas shoppers.

▪ guest someone who pays to stay in a hotel:

Guests must leave their rooms by 10 am.

▪ patron /ˈpeɪtrən/ formal a customer of a particular shop, restaurant or hotel – usually written on signs:

The notice said ‘Parking for Patrons Only’.

▪ patient someone who is getting medical treatment from a doctor, or in a hospital:

He is a patient of Dr Williams.

▪ consumer anyone who buys goods or uses services – used when considering these people as a group who have particular rights, needs, or behaviour:

Consumers are demanding more environmentally-friendly products.

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the rights of the consumer

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The law is designed to protect consumers who buy goods on the Internet.

▪ market the number of people who want to buy a product, or the type of people who want to buy it:

The market for organic food is growing all the time.

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a magazine aimed at the youth market

▪ clientele /ˌkliːənˈtel $ ˌklaɪənˈtel, ˌkliː-/ formal the type of customers that a particular shop, restaurant etc gets:

The hotel has a very upmarket clientele.

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They have a wealthy international clientele.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.