# client (business)

a person that receives a service

- Computed level: L10 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: business  ·  Arena: client

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [people](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-people.social), [services](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-services.economic), [receive](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-receive.communication)

**Through:** people.social receive.communication a service

**Novel properties:**
- service recipient
- asymmetrical relationship
- economic role

## Examples
- In 2023, Amazon Web Services hosted Netflix’s streaming platform, handling 250 million users’ requests daily. *(computing)*
- A patient receives chemotherapy at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. *(healthcare)*
- In 2008, Goldman Sachs advised The New York Times Company on its $4.1 billion sale of The Boston Globe. *(economics)*

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