clientes de menor expressão

English translation: minor customers

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Portuguese term or phrase:clientes de menor expressão
English translation:minor customers
Entered by: Bett

12:44 Jun 19, 2005
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Portuguese term or phrase: clientes de menor expressão
although I think they mean less important clients, I want to use something more ephemistic...
Any ideas ???
Bett
Local time: 10:24
minor customers
Explanation:
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I think Microsoft's major customers, and many medium and minor customers, see
this clearly and are planning accordingly. Sure, slipping past "Holiday 2006" ...
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Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 15:24
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Summary of answers provided
3 +6peripheral customers
Todd Field
5less vocal clients
Muriel Vasconcellos
5smaller clients/customers
Michael Green
4minor customers
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
4less active/secondary customers
Marcelo González
3fringe customers
Norbert Hermann
3not so important clients
Claudio Mazotti
3less-impelling customers
Isabella Becker


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
clientes de menor expressão
fringe customers


Explanation:
one option

Norbert Hermann
Local time: 14:24
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 8
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
clientes de menor expressão
minor customers


Explanation:
Re: LongHorn Update - 2 New Revelations - [ Traduzir esta página ]
I think Microsoft's major customers, and many medium and minor customers, see
this clearly and are planning accordingly. Sure, slipping past "Holiday 2006" ...
channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=77121 - 75k - Em cache - Páginas Semelhantes



Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 15:24
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 28
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
clientes de menor expressão
not so important clients


Explanation:
an idea...

Claudio Mazotti
Brazil
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Marsel de Souza: This is not euphemistic at all.
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
clientes de menor expressão
peripheral customers


Explanation:
Could be a good option for you. Peripheral = secondary, minor.

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Concentrate on the 20 per cent of customers who will make up 80 per cent. of your
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Todd Field
United States
Local time: 07:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marsel de Souza
48 mins

agree  Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
1 hr

agree  Joao Andre Madeira
3 hrs

agree  Claudia Costa
8 hrs

agree  Deborah do Carmo: nice solution
9 hrs

agree  Marcelo González
13 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
clientes de menor expressão
less-impelling customers


Explanation:
A suggestion.

Isabella Becker
Brazil
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
clientes de menor expressão
less active/secondary customers


Explanation:
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Less active customers. Number of branch customers. 60000. 600000. 200000.
Number of telephone customers. 70000. 180000. 10000. Number of on-line customers ...
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... order more often from you and use that information to target whichever market
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Marcelo González
United States
Local time: 03:24
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
clientes de menor expressão
less vocal clients


Explanation:
... may know a lot about clients who require the most time and services, there
may be other important issues common to the majority of **less vocal clients**. ...
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**less vocal clients**: clients should be encouraged. to be as active in the design
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... I guess I just have **less vocal clients** than some of my other co-workers
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Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 06:24
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 58
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1 day 5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
clientes de menor expressão
smaller clients/customers


Explanation:
Yes, it really is that simple: it just means smaller.
Clientes de grande expressão would be "large clients". You know, the ones that do a lot of buying.

Michael Green
Brazil
Local time: 10:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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