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Client or customer?
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TMMF
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Client or customer?
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What �s the difference between client and customer? Can we use both words at the restaurant? Thank you all dear friends!!! |
18 Feb 2015
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shvat
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A client is for business, and a customer is more for a store. So I �d go for customer at a restaurant. At a hotel it �s neither- you �re a "guest". |
18 Feb 2015
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cunliffe
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Yes, a client is someone you do business with and a customer is someone you serve or who buys a finished product from you. |
18 Feb 2015
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pauldixon1986
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Client is someone you do regular business with...
So for a restaurant - the restaurant would be a client IF they order the food from a food company.
But a person ordering food from the restaurant is a �customer �
Client and Customer have a similar meaning - but Client is formal... hence why it is used within companies and businesses...
Customer is more casual... so it is used in shops and restaurants...
Often a client is a person who spends a lot of money regularly - but a customer is someone who either make one large purchase, such as a car or computer, or they make make many small purchases like at a supermarket.
Summary Client is formal - often used in large companies or businesses for people who make regular large purchases
Customer is casual - often used in shops, restaurants, (sometimes businesses) for small regular purchases, or one off large purchase |
18 Feb 2015
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Apodo
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Client is also used in this way: A person or organization using the services of a lawyer or other professional person or company: A person being dealt with by social or medical services: |
19 Feb 2015
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