CLIENTELE

clientele, patronage, business

(noun) customers collectively; “they have an upper class clientele”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

clientele (usually uncountable, plural clienteles)

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.

Anagrams

• Ă©tincellĂ©

Source: Wiktionary


Cli`en*tele" ( or ), n. Etym: [L. clientela: cf. F. clientèle.]

1. The condition or position of a client; clientship. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

2. The clients or dependents of a nobleman of patron.

3. The persons who make habitual use of the services of another person; one's clients, collectively; as, the clientele of a lawyer, doctor, notary, etc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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