clientele
The body or class of people who frequent an establishment or purchase a service,…The body or class of people who frequent an establishment or purchase a service, especially when considered as forming a more-or-less homogeneous group of clients in terms of values or habits; a group of specific clients collectively.
» Tom's shop has an upscale clientele.
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1 senses(uncountable, usually)The body or class of people who frequent an establishment or purchase a service, especially when considered as forming a more-or-less homogeneous group of clients in terms of values or habits; a group of specific clients collectively.
Helen's clientele encompasses a broad range of different ages, races and social statuses.
Klientel, Kundschaft
клиенту́раklijentúra
клієнту́раklijentúra
- customers collectively
Examples
9 sentencesTom's shop has an upscale clientele.
The majority of his clientele are poor people.
The young lawyer already has a large clientele.
We hope that this new product satisfies your clientele.
Fadil wanted to have a different sort of clientele.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French clientèle, ultimately from Latin cliēns (English client).Borrowed from French clientèle, ultimately from Latin cliēns (English client).
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Forms
plural: clienteles| Singular | clientele |
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uncountable
Synonyms
2 synonymsWord family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.