clientele

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /klaɪ.n̩ˈtɛl/, /kliː.ɒnˈtɛl/

Noun

clientele (uncountable)

1. 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.

   Helen's clientele encompasses a broad range of different ages, races and social statuses.

   • 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 34 (Totem Books, Icon Books; ISBN 1840460865

     The bars’ clientèle called Foucault “Herr Doktor”.

Translations

• French: clientèle
• German: Klientel, Kundschaft
• Portuguese: clientela, freguesia
• Russian: клиенту́ра
• Spanish: clientela, distinguida clientela

Related terms

• client
• clientdom

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