client dinner

Professional hospitality event

A client dinner is a meal with business clients, typically at a restaurant, combining relationship-building with professional purposes.

Companies often expense these meals as part of client development: I can't make it tonight—I have a client dinner.

The term implies a certain formality and obligation, distinguishing it from casual meals with colleagues.

Related

wining · networking · small talk · account · expense account · entertaining · schmoozing · expense · rapport · steakhouse · corner booth · handshake · deal · pitch · cocktails · hospitality · tablecloth · sommelier

Opposites
internal vs. external audience

client dinnerteam lunch

Workplace group dining event

staff meeting · company retreat · office party · all-hands meeting · department meeting

professional vs. personal dining

client dinnerfamily dinner

date night · romantic dinner · anniversary dinner · birthday dinner · holiday dinner

formality and obligation

client dinnermidnight snack

Food eaten very late

Family

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