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Kanonathena Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary
clientele/customer-base
To establish the business, she invested $15 000 of her cash savings as capital. From this capital, she then purchased for the business equipment worth $10 000 with an expected life of 10 years and no residual value. Other specialist equipment was purchased for $4 200 (estimated life 6 years – expected residual value of $600). Ms Waddell charged competitive prices, produced quality work and built up a good clientele. Most customers paid a deposit before work commenced and bad debts had never been a problem.
I have never heard of this word until it appeared in one of the questions in my assignment. i guess it has roughly the same meaning as customer-base. I just want to know which one is more commonly used respectively in spoken and writtern English.
Thank you.
I have never heard of this word until it appeared in one of the questions in my assignment. i guess it has roughly the same meaning as customer-base. I just want to know which one is more commonly used respectively in spoken and writtern English.
Thank you.
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Clientele is a fancier word, and is probably used more often in formal situations. Usually, customers are referred to as clients when the business is service (rather than goods) oriented. A lawyer's customers, for example, are referred to as clients.
- Clientele is a fancier word, and is probably used more often in formal situations.
- Usually, customers are referred to as clients when the business is service (rather than goods) oriented.
- A lawyer's customers, for example, are referred to as clients.
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Clientele is a fancier word, and is probably used more often in formal situations. Usually, customers are referred to as clients when the business is service (rather than goods) oriented. A lawyer's customers, for example, are referred to as clients.
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