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clientele

clientele

58 5.5
A group of customers who use a business or service
  • noun
  • /ˌklaɪənˈtɛl/
translation icon : clientela
  • The boutique caters to a loyal clientele that values unique fashion items.
  • serve a clientele
  • develop a clientele
  • a potential clientele

And we didn't get that kind of clientele like rappers then and stuff.

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Examples

  • Do you go to somebody who owns their own shop and has been cutting hair there and built up a clientele for a decade?

  • Most of our clientele prefer it that way.

  • And it's also pretty clear through the clientele as well.

  • And it's supposed to be the higher end clientele and more potential for money and all these things, right?

  • I-I just need to build up my clientele so I can rent a new space.

  • What was the clientele like?

  • Our clientele is getting older.

  • Perhaps you could tell me a little about the clientele.

  • Anytime you have a service business, you're actually able to create clientele while you sleep.

  • You have to talk to your customers, your clientele, and get their feedback about what you're doing well and what you're doing not so well.

Synonyms

market
vsclientele
969 1.1

The people who buy or might buy a product

refers only to the actual group of existing customers not potential buyers
business
vsclientele
518 1.8

The customers and trade a shop or company gets

refers only to the collective group of buyers rather than trade volume
patronage
vsclientele
7 6.0

The regular buying that customers do at a shop or restaurant

refers to people who use or support a service, not the support action
clientship
vsclientele
7.1

People or companies that a business has and serves

refers to the whole group of customers of an organization or person

How Large

business
518 1.8
clientele
58 5.5
customer
1.0

Surface Forms

clientele singular
clienteles plural

Etymology

The word clientele comes from client, meaning a 'customer' or someone who depends on a protector, plus a group-making ending -ele. So, clientele is the group of customers or patrons a business or person serves.