cliental

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cli·ent

(klī′ənt)

1. The party for which professional services are rendered, as by an attorney.

2. A customer or patron: clients of the hotel.

3. A person using the services of a social services agency.

4. One that depends on the protection of another.

5. A client state.

6. Computers A computer or program that can download files for manipulation, run applications, or request application-based services from a file server.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin cliēns, client-, dependent, follower; see klei- in Indo-European roots.]

cli′ent·age (-ən-tĭj) n.

cli·en′tal (klī-ĕn′tl, klī′ən-) adj.

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According to Mickovski, Macedonia as a country outside the EU and Hungary as a member of the EU, are the best examples of countries where the catastrophic economic policies, lack of healthy and progressive policies, creation of cliental system, chronic indebtedness, isolation, populism, distancing from Europe, lead to collapse of the democratic system.