What's the difference between buyer and client?

Buyer


Definition:

  • (n.) One who buys; a purchaser.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) "Seller reports are key to identifying bad buyers and ridding them from our marketplace," says eBay.
  • (2) Car manufacturers, for example, are not allowed to insist that buyers only get their car serviced by them.
  • (3) "We have concerns that a potential buyer looking at a property may not value the improvements carried out under Green Deal and may not want to pay for them," a mortgage industry source told the Observer .
  • (4) You could also chat to local estate agents to get an idea of what kind of extension, if any, would appeal to buyers in your area.
  • (5) Source: Mediacells (Or view the map at OpenHeatMap ) At the other end of the scale, a number of countries will see proportionately few new buyers - suggesting that the remaining featurephone owners are declining to upgrade to more powerful phones.
  • (6) In the past when banks have been bought, there has been a period where the cover has applied to accounts held in both the "bought" bank and the buyer to give customers who now have more than £85,000 in a single institution time to move the excess.
  • (7) My colleague Sean Farrell reported last night that the Scottish government had been looking for a buyer for the site .
  • (8) It will make entering the market more difficult still for new buyers, further highlighting the importance of the right timing, advice, support and financial planning; and not just having a mum and dad who bought a house, but a grandparent, too.” Average UK house price reaches £288,000 Read more The average property price in the UK, currently £283,565, is expected to double by 2030, breaking through the £500,000 mark to £557,444.
  • (9) A 20% discount will save the average first-time buyer £43,000 on a £218,000 home (the average cost paid by such buyers), which would leave a revenue shortfall of £8bn from income if current regulatory obligations had been retained on the 200,000 homes.
  • (10) News International executives are also understood to have been testing the water for a potentially swift launch of a Sunday edition of the Sun as a replacement for NoW, which published the final issue in its 168-year history on Sunday, in conversations with advertisers and media buyers.
  • (11) According to Hometrack, in autumn 2012 buyers were paying between 92% and 95% of the asking prices, but that does not mean you should expect that for yours.
  • (12) The main plans include: • a scheme to help buyers secure mortgages of up to 95% loan-to-value.
  • (13) He was bidding on behalf of an unknown and clearly stupendously rich buyer.
  • (14) This means 9 in 10 first time buyers will pay no stamp duty at all.
  • (15) There’s no question we’re looking at a world very much in transition,” he says, “and we’re seeing more buyers who want more original series.” Thanks to the increasing popularity of UK shows and actors in the US, doors have been thrown wide open.
  • (16) A national random sample of 1,017 new-car buyers was surveyed.
  • (17) Those who bought "luxury' villas for €1m in the good times would be lucky to get a third for them now – if, that is, they could ever find a buyer happy to tolerate living on an unfinished complex.
  • (18) Labour’s promise of a stamp duty holiday for first-time buyers will lead to higher house prices.
  • (19) In that context, the amount paid for late-career work like Women of Algiers is probably a good investment; while it has nowhere near the raw energy of early masterpieces such as Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907) or the significance of mid-career icons such as Guernica (1937), in an international market where the artist’s name casts a spell on potential buyers, it’s a respectable piece that can be immediately identified as a “Picasso”.
  • (20) He advises first-time buyers not to rush in: "Try and save as much as you can: having a bigger deposit will not only mean you can get a mortgage, but also secure you a better rate."

Client


Definition:

  • (n.) A citizen who put himself under the protection of a man of distinction and influence, who was called his patron.
  • (n.) A dependent; one under the protection of another.
  • (n.) One who consults a legal adviser, or submits his cause to his management.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Perceived quality of life interviews with the clients were also conducted at both times.
  • (2) This paper describes the demographic, clinical, and psychosocial characteristics of a sample of chronically mentally ill clients at a large comprehensive community mental health center.
  • (3) The study was conducted by monitoring the case managers in the following activities: client intake screening, assessment and service planning, referrals, advocacy, and support services.
  • (4) Gwendolen Morgan, the lawyer at Bindmans dealing with the case, said: "We have grave concerns about the decision to use this draconian power to detain our client for nine hours on Sunday – for what appear to be highly questionable motives, which we will be asking the high court to consider.
  • (5) Nursing staff can assist these clients in a therapeutic way by becoming familiar with the types of issues these clients present and the behaviors they manifest.
  • (6) RBS had received complaints from two clients, in October 2010 and January 2012, about the activities of forex traders and in November 2011 one of its own traders raised concerns, which were not heeded.
  • (7) Enright said: “We call on the home secretary and chair of IICSA [the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse] to engage actively and urgently to find a way forward that secures the confidence of survivors and provides the inquiry’s legal team with the resources and support they need to deliver justice and truth that survivors deserve.” Stein said his clients were “deeply disatisfied” with aspects of how the inquiry had been conducted but called for Emmerson to stay, adding: “I urge the home secretary to seek to find a way in which his valuable contribution can be maintained”.
  • (8) Only six (43 per cent) of the stores routinely informed clients of the need to continue deworming procedures once the pup left the store.
  • (9) Wood tells clients: Carney said an interest rate hike: “could happen sooner than markets currently expect”.
  • (10) A defence solicitor, Mike Schwarz from Bindmans, said his clients would be appealing to the high court.
  • (11) In 227 smokers' clinic clients who managed at least one week of abstinence, ratings of withdrawal symptoms were used to predict subsequent return to smoking.
  • (12) The benefits of holistically identifying clients' ability to mobilize coping resources is that nurses can plan intervention more effectively if these categorizations can be consistently verified.
  • (13) The attorney, Thomas Bergstrom, declined to say where in Philadelphia his client will live while prosecutors appeal the superior court ruling.
  • (14) His client-base has tripled since January, and now includes more than half of Shanghai and Beijing's international schools.
  • (15) In order to reduce the devasting effects of enteric diseases among children born to mothers in tropical countries of Africa and Asia, it is imperative that all health workers understand the cultural and social perceptions of their clients towards the disease in question.
  • (16) By using a national sample we ensured that the influence of regional variations in the configuration of long-term care services would not confound estimates of the relative effect of client-related factors.
  • (17) Results demonstrated that community clients surpassed institutional clients in social and cognitive skills, but not in daily living skills.
  • (18) He knew how to shmooze Middle East clients and his al-Yamamah deal - under which jets were sold to Saudi Arabia - was the mid-1980s contract which secured his later position as executive chairman at BAE Systems .
  • (19) The issue of fees can affect clients' evaluation of the provider as well as the likelihood of using the service being offered.
  • (20) He is now to remain with the bank until March 2014, with continued use of the bank's town house in the West End of London, intended for the bank's wealthiest clients.