client

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That client -- Berg did not disclose his or her identity, but noted the client is also on the Madoff list -- had "significant" investments with Madoff Securities, which Berg said his firm recommended his client sell immediately.

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  1. noun The party for which professional services are rendered, as by an attorney.
  2. noun A customer or patron: clients of the hotel.
  3. noun A person using the services of a social services agency.
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customer ·  server ·  software ·  manager ·  network ·  access ·  partner ·  employee ·  investor ·  application ·  member ·  interface

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client:   clients
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin cliēns, client-, dependent, follower; see klei- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English client = Dutch klient = German client = Danish Swedish klient, from Old French client, French client = Spanish Portuguese Italian cliente, from Latin clien(t-)s, older cluen(t-)s, a client, follower, literally ‘hearer,’ properly present participle of cluere = Greek κλύειν = Sanskrit ✓ çru, hear, whence also (past participle) Sanskrit çruta, heard, = Greek κλυτός = Latin in-clutus, heard of, famous, = Anglo-Saxon hlūd, English loud: see loud.
 

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/ˈklaɪənt/
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