client
part of speech
noun (a client, clients)
meaning for a pupil
1) A person who pays for help or advice from a professional, such as a lawyer, builder or hairdresser: the lawyer's client. tree →
2) A customer of a shop or business (formal). tree →
3) (computing) A program or computer that gets services or files from another computer called a server. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life and maths problems, a business has clients who pay for services: a dog walker with 5 clients, a hairdresser charging each client. In computing lessons a client asks a server for a web page. Phrases: a regular client, client list, client and server.
examples
- The lawyer met her client in the office. tree →
- Mum's hairdressing business has 30 regular clients. tree →
- A dog walker charges each client 10 dollars, so 6 clients pay 60 dollars. tree →
- (formal) Clients are asked to arrive on time. tree →
- Your web browser is a client that asks the server for pages. tree →
- The builder showed the client the plans. tree →
- Counsel for the Wasps immediately insisted that this description fitted his clients exactly. tree →
note
Countable. "Client" is used for services (lawyer, accountant); "customer" more for shops; "patient" for doctors. In maths, total income = number of clients x price each.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «client» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.