organisatsioon või isik, kes võtab vastu kaupu või teenuseid
on majanduses isik, kes omandab toote või teenuse otse tootjalt, vahendajalt või jaekaubandusest, vahetades selle raha või mõne muu väärtust omava eseme vastu
traditsioonilises sotsiaalhoolekandeasutuses või haiglas viibiv isik, aga ka lasteaia- või algklassilaps, kelle vabadus teenuste valimiseks on piiratud ja sätestatud mitmete reeglitega, samal ajal kui teenusepakkuja tegevusvabadus teenuste pakkumisel on kõrge
a person who uses the services or advice of a professional person or organization
a person who buys, esp. one who buys from, or patronizes, an establishment regularly
a person of a specified kind with whom one has to deal
individual or family which is seeking or being provided social services
a person, family, group of persons, incorporated body, association or community on whose behalf a social worker provides or agrees to provide a service or to whom the social worker is legally obligated to provide a service
as opposed to customers, clients usually have an arrangement or a relationship with the seller. For example,you are a customer if you buy a cup of coffee at a train station from a cafe stall. However, the stall owner is the client of the coffee supplier, especially if there are credit terms. In other words, the stall owner is a client of the coffee supplier because they have an arrangement
