jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"

case - a person requiring professional services; "a typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor"

attorney-client relation, lawyer-client relation - the responsibility of a lawyer to act in the best interests of the client

consumer - a person who uses goods or services

buyer, emptor, purchaser, vendee - a person who buys

guest - a customer of a hotel or restaurant etc.

frequenter, patron - a regular customer

policyholder - an insured person; the client in whose name an insurance policy is written

shopper - someone who visits stores in search of articles to buy

disburser, expender, spender - someone who spends money to purchase goods or services

reader, subscriber - someone who contracts to receive and pay for a certain number of issues of a publication

taker - one who accepts an offer

warrantee - a customer to whom a warrant or guarantee is given

whoremaster, whoremonger, john - a prostitute's customer

business relation - a relation between different business enterprises

computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system - a machine for performing calculations automatically

computer network - (computer science) a network of computers

computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures