Vendor vs. Client

Vendornoun

A person or a company that vends or sells.

Vendornoun

A vending machine.

Vendorverb

To bundle third-party dependencies with the source code for one's own program.

Vendorverb

As the software vendor, to bundle one's own, possibly modified version of dependencies with a standard program.

Vendornoun

A vender; a seller; the correlative of vendee.

Vendornoun

someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money

Vendornoun

a person or company offering something for sale, especially a trader in the street

Vendornoun

the seller in a sale, especially of property.

Vendor

In a supply chain, a vendor, or a seller, is an enterprise that contributes goods or services. Generally, a supply chain vendor manufactures inventory/stock items and sells them to the next link in the chain.

Clientnoun

A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services.

Clientnoun

(computing) The role of a computer application or system that requests and/or consumes the services provided by another having the role of server.

Clientnoun

One who receives help or services from a professional such as a lawyer or accountant.

Clientnoun

(legal) A person who employs or retains an attorney to represent him or her in any legal matter, or one who merely divulges confidential matters to an attorney while pursuing professional assistance without subsequently retaining the attorney.

Clientnoun

A citizen who put himself under the protection of a man of distinction and influence, who was called his patron.

Clientnoun

A dependent; one under the protection of another.

Clientnoun

One who consults a legal adviser, or submits his cause to his management.

Clientnoun

a person who seeks the advice of a lawyer

Clientnoun

someone who pays for goods or services

Clientnoun

(computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network

Clientnoun

a person or organization using the services of a lawyer or other professional person or company

Clientnoun

a person being dealt with by social or medical services

Clientnoun

(in a network) a desktop computer or workstation that is capable of obtaining information and applications from a server

Clientnoun

a program that is capable of obtaining a service provided by another program

Clientnoun

(in ancient Rome) a plebeian under the protection of a patrician.

Clientnoun

a dependant; a hanger-on.