different between client vs outcall

English

Etymology

From Middle English client, from Anglo-Norman clyent, Old French client, from Latin cli?ns, according to some, an alteration of clu?ns, from clu?re (“to be called”), or more likely from cl?n?re (“to lean”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?kl???nt/
• IPA^(key): /?kla?.?nt/
• Hyphenation: cli?ent
• Rhymes: -a??nt

Noun

client (plural clients)

1. A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services.
2. (computing) The role of a computer application or system that requests and/or consumes the services provided by another having the role of server.
3. A person who receives help or services from a professional such as a lawyer or accountant.
4. (law) A person who employs or retains an attorney to represent him or her in any legal matter, or one who merely divulges confidential matters to an attorney while pursuing professional assistance without subsequently retaining the attorney.
5. Short for client state.
   • 1989, Edward A. Kolodziej, ?Roger E. Kanet, Limits of Soviet Power (page 95)

     A third preliminary comment deals explicitly with the relations between clients and superpowers.

Synonyms

• (customer): buyer, customer, patron, purchaser

Antonyms

• (computing): server

Hyponyms

Holonyms

• (customer): clientele

Derived terms

Related terms

• clientele
• climate
• cline

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ?????? (kuraianto)

Translations

See also

• client on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• server

Anagrams

• lectin, lentic

Catalan

Etymology

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Noun

client f (plural clients)

1. client, customer

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English client.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kl?i?.?nt/
• Hyphenation: cli?ent

Noun

client m (plural clients)

1. (computing) client

Usage notes

Not to be confused with cliënt.

French

Etymology

From Latin cli?ns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kli.j??/

Noun

client m (plural clients, feminine cliente)

1. customer; client (one who purchases or receives a product or service)

Derived terms

• à la tête du client
• le client a toujours raison
• le client est roi

Further reading

• “client” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Lombard

Etymology

From Latin cli?ns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kli??nt/

Noun

client m (plural clientj, feminine clienta, plural feminine cliente or clientj)

1. client, customer
2. (Western orthographies) Alternative spelling of plural clientj
3. Alternative form of feminine plural cliente

English

Noun

outcall (plural outcalls)

1. A visit by a provider of some service, such as a massage therapist or a prostitute, to a client.
   • 2014, Stephen McEvoy, Becoming a Professional Massage Therapist: Getting to Your Destination, Stephen A. McEvoy (?ISBN), page 33:

     Some massage therapists only provide incall services because of the travel and setup times required for outcalls. A few massage therapists only provide outcalls because they do not have an office. When setting your rates, […]

   • 2018, Kathy Gruver, Journey of Healing: One woman's path to healing self and others, Lotus Press (?ISBN), page 18:

     I know this sounds stupid, but have a massage table. And enough sheets and oil. I had someone apply for an outcall therapist position that I was trying to fill and halfway through the phone call they informed that they didn't have a car...or a table.

2. (rare, possibly nonstandard) An outgoing telephone call.
   • 1909, Canada. Parliament. House of Commons, Debates: Official Report:

     They charge for business telephones $25 and 2 cents per outcall. Let us see what that means. I do not suppose that any man who uses a telephone in his business makes less than five calls a day; that is 10 cents a day or $30 a year.

   • 1990, California. Legislature. Joint Committee on Prison Construction and Operations, Anatomy of a Prison--Folsom: Examination of Selected Operational, Policy, and Fiscal Questions Affecting California's Prisons Today, page A-8:

     "Does the state (or the prison) get stuck with any telephone calls which somehow do not get billed collect?" Folsom: According to Pacific Bell, […] located within the institution. This coding is designated through the outcall phone numbers.

Alternative forms

• out-call

See also

• incall

Anagrams

• Cotulla, call out, call-out, callout