different between buying vs clientele

English

Etymology

buy +? -ing

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ba?.??/

Verb

buying

1. present participle of buy

Derived terms

• impulse buying
• panic buying

Noun

buying (countable and uncountable, plural buyings)

1. The act of making a purchase.
   • 1707, A General Discourse of Commerce (page 126)

     […] Reckonings of all and every his Dealings, Doings, Buyings and Sellings and Employments, touching and concerning the Premises […]

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• clientèle

Etymology

Borrowed from French clientèle, ultimately from Latin cli?ns (English client).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kla?.n??t?l/, /kli?.?n?t?l/

Noun

clientele (usually uncountable, plural clienteles)

1. The body or class of people who frequent an establishment or purchase a service, especially when considered as forming a more-or-less homogeneous group of clients in terms of values or habits.

   Helen's clientele encompasses a broad range of different ages, races and social statuses.

   • 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 34 (Totem Books, Icon Books; ?ISBN)

     The bars’ clientèle called Foucault “Herr Doktor”.

Translations

Related terms

• client
• clientdom

See also

• customer base

Anagrams

• étincellé

Italian

Noun

clientele f pl

1. plural of clientela