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BNC: 13750 COCA: 10429

clientele

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clientele /ˌklajənˈtɛl/ noun
clientele
/ˌklajənˈtɛl/
noun
Learner's definition of CLIENTELE
[singular]
: the group of people who are regular customers at a particular business常客；老顾客
BNC: 13750 COCA: 10429

clientele

noun

cli·​en·​tele ˌklī-ən-ˈtel How to pronounce clientele (audio)
ˌklē-ən-,
 also  ˌklē-ˌän-
: a body of clients
a shop that caters to an exclusive clientele

Example Sentences

… Gottfried had been complaining for months that our local clientele didn't have the class to appreciate the house. Jane Smiley, Good Faith, 2003 The lunchtime clientele at TJ's was polymorphous as usual, as at District Court, though there was a higher percentage of respectable clients here—local business folk having lunch at one of the last downtown bars that served decent food but wasn't fancy. Tracy Kidder, Home Town, 1999 The collections shown last month not only had plenty of clothes for the couture clientele to choose from, but, even more importantly, they were loaded with multiple messages for the fashion community at large. Carrie Donovan, New York Times Magazine, 21 Feb. 1988 According to the State Department in-jokes, this was the most exclusive place in Washington. For its clientele was made up almost entirely of CIA and KGB agents watching one another watching other people. Erich Segal, The Class, (1985) 1986 The restaurant generally attracts an older clientele.
Recent Examples on the Web Many states permit sales at stores that specifically market to low-income clientele. Detroit Free Press, 13 July 2022 Soon the bookmakers used the welcoming base in Gibraltar for further expansion, in particular finding new clientele in the Middle East and East Asia. Geoffrey Wheatcroft, The New Republic, 24 Aug. 2022 In 2020 in Portland, Ore., dancers organized against racist practices that pinned blame for clubs’ shrinking clientele on Black strippers. Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2022 Accordingly, along with dozens of law firms and various shops and restaurants catering to the city’s new high-end female clientele, the divorce industry supported a steady stream of newspaper correspondents. Barbara Spindel, WSJ, 16 Aug. 2022 This approach to the factual reveals a fidelity to Rojas Contreras’s upbringing in a house crowded with her mother’s fortune-telling clientele that celebrated the unexplainable and surreal. Rosa Boshier, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2022 Each has its own aesthetic and feel, slight differences in typical clientele, and poolside culture. Nathaniel Adams, Chron, 29 July 2022 Yet, making system updates was clunky, and the company sought a better overall experience for employees and clientele. Joyce Mullen, Forbes, 19 July 2022 Many states permit sales at stores that specifically market to low-income clientele. Detroit Free Press, 13 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

French clientèle, from Latin clientela, from client-, cliens — see client

First Known Use

1570, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of clientele was in 1570
BNC: 13750 COCA: 10429
clientele

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + CLIENTELE ADJECTIVE➤large, narrow, small大客戶網；小客戶網▸➤broad, diverse廣泛的／多元化的客戶網➤loyal忠實的客戶群▸➤regular, usual常客；老主顧▸➤exclusive, fashionable, select, upscale (NAmE) 特定顧客群；趕潮流的顧客群；貴賓客戶群；高端客戶群▸➤international國際客戶網VERB + CLIENTELE➤attract, have吸引顧客；擁有客戶群◇The restaurant has a large regular clientele.這家餐館有很多常客。➤cater for, cater to, serve滿足顧客需要；為顧客服務◇The boutique caters for a rather select clientele.這家精品店為貴賓顧客群服務。➤build, build up, develop, establish建立顧客網◇It takes time to build (up) a clientele.建立客戶網需要時間。

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