the.com/client
Always right, rarely sure, and somehow paying you to read their mind.
means A person or organization that pays for the professional services or goods of another.
from From Latin 'cliens,' a dependent or follower — specifically someone under the protection of a wealthy Roman patron. In that patron-client system, the cliens leaned on a more powerful figure for legal and financial backing, offering loyalty in return. The word likely traces to 'cluere,' meaning 'to listen' or 'to obey,' which paints the original client as one who heeds — a charming inversion of the modern arrangement, where the client does the directing and the professional does the listening.
- latin root
- From cliens, a dependent under a patron's protection
- ancient rome
- Clients greeted patrons at dawn for favors
- tech sense
- Your laptop is a client begging servers for data
- the brief
- Wants it bold, simple, and exactly like competitors
amazon web services — serves over 32% of global cloud infrastructure users as of 2024
goldman sachs — manages assets for over 1 million high-net-worth clients worldwide