clientele

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++cli·en·tele /ˌkliːənˈtel $ ˌklaɪənˈtel, ˌkliː-/ noun [singular]  BUYall the people who regularly use a shop, restaurant etc 〔定期光顾某商店、餐馆等的所有〕顾客，主顾 The restaurant attracts a young clientele. 这家餐馆吸引年轻顾客。► see thesaurus at customer

Examples from the Corpus

clientele• Butler and Patterson will then manage a team of 70 staff for a clientele of 1,500.• And a new kind of restaurant had sprung up with expensive menus and a young, confident clientele.• Such high design can be lost even on discriminating clientele.• Since those heady days the bar and its clientele have undergone a transformation.• A few yards way on the nearest path, another tour bus stopped and unleashed its clientele.• The hotel's clientele includes diplomats and Hollywood celebrities.• Madame Zara caters for a very select clientele.• The clientele ranges from young revellers to local residents, culture vultures to sober-suited lawyers reluctant to go home.• Administrators at the hospital conceded that they had limited outings as they sought to learn about their clientele.• The Border Bar attracts a young clientele.From Longman Business Dictionaryclientelecli‧en‧tele /ˌkliːənˈtelˌklaɪənˈtel, ˌkliː-/ noun [singular] COMMERCEall the people who regularly use the services of a person or organizationHer agency has built up a clientele of over 700 actors.The bar’s clientele was almost entirely male.Origin clientele (1500-1600) French clientèle, from Latin clientela, from cliens; → CLIENT

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clientele
cli‧en‧tele /ˌkliːənˈtel $ ˌklaɪənˈtel, ˌkliː-/ noun [singular]all the people who regularly use a shop, restaurant etc:
    The restaurant attracts a young clientele.
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ customer someone who buys goods or services from a shop or company: Customers were waiting for the shop to open. | The bank is one of our biggest customers.
   ▪ client someone who pays for a service from a professional person or company: He has a meeting with one of his clients. | The company buys and sells shares on behalf of their clients
   ▪ shopper someone who goes to the shops looking for things to buy: The streets were full of Christmas shoppers.
   ▪ guest someone who pays to stay in a hotel: Guests must leave their rooms by 10 am.
   ▪ patron /ˈpeɪtrən/ formal a customer of a particular shop, restaurant or hotel – usually written on signs: The notice said ‘Parking for Patrons Only’.
   ▪ patient someone who is getting medical treatment from a doctor, or in a hospital: He is a patient of Dr Williams.
   ▪ consumer anyone who buys goods or uses services – used when considering these people as a group who have particular rights, needs, or behaviour: Consumers are demanding more environmentally-friendly products. | the rights of the consumer | The law is designed to protect consumers who buy goods on the Internet.
   ▪ market the number of people who want to buy a product, or the type of people who want to buy it: The market for organic food is growing all the time. | a magazine aimed at the youth market
   ▪ clientele /ˌkliːənˈtel $ ˌklaɪənˈtel, ˌkliː-/ formal the type of customers that a particular shop, restaurant etc gets: The hotel has a very upmarket clientele. | They have a wealthy international clientele.

cli·en·teleBrE /ˌkliːənˈtel/ 🔊NAmE /ˌklaɪənˈtel/ 🔊 noun [singular + singular or plural verb] all the customers or clients of a shop/store, restaurant, organization, etc. （统称）顾客，主顾，客户◆an international clientele国际客户网