Like a doorman, Mr. Julian will greet clients and let them inside.

Among other things, he refused to greet new clients until they were stripped and smocked.

THE namesake of George's of Chelsea usually greets clients from his bed.

In stores like Harry's Shoes, on the Upper West Side, and the Gap at Madison Avenue and 86th Street, some sales clerks greet clients in Spanish.

Tuxedoed captains greet clients by name and usher them to a table as they pirouette to absorb it all.

Example: An attorney complains to a law firm partner that, several times a day for the past month, the receptionist has missed numerous phone calls and has not been at her desk to greet clients.

Her mom greeted clients, ran deliveries, and anything else that Morton needed done.

One warmly greeted clients and waved to neighbors, sometimes only hours after the other had stumbled back from a "work" meeting with prostitutes or cocaine dealers.

They send limos and greet clients by name, dispensing cappuccinos and elaborate gift wraps along with fashion advice.

The firm's original idea was that the service would appeal to sales agents and brokers eager to greet clients in a personal way, but Alex Quilici, YouMail's chief executive, said that his customers tended to be younger.