n. 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.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The condition or position of a client; clientship.
n. The clients or dependents of a nobleman of patron.
n. The persons who make habitual use of the services of another person; one's clients, collectively
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The condition or relation of a client.
n. Clients collectively.
n. Interests of a client; patronage.
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n. customers collectively
Word Usage
"Like I said, the clientele is almost completely complementary."