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English Dictionary: patronage |
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3 results for patronage |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- patronage
- n
- the act of providing approval and support; "his vigorous
backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives"
Synonym(s): backing, backup, championship, patronage
- customers collectively; "they have an upper class clientele"
Synonym(s): clientele, patronage, business
- a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient
Synonym(s): condescension, disdain, patronage
- (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support
- the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers; "even before noon there was a considerable patronage"
Synonym(s): trade, patronage
- v
- support by being a patron of
- be a regular customer or client of; "We patronize this store"; "Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as he could"
Synonym(s): patronize, patronise, patronage, support, keep going
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Patronage \Pa"tron*age\, v. t.
To act as a patron of; to maintain; to defend. [Obs.] --Shak.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Patronage \Pa"tron*age\, n. [F. patronage. Cf. LL. patronaticum,
and L. patronatus.]
1. Special countenance or support; favor, encouragement, or
aid, afforded to a person or a work; as, the patronage of
letters; patronage given to an author.
2. Business custom. [Commercial Cant]
3. Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care. --Addison.
4. The right of nomination to political office; also, the
offices, contracts, honors, etc., which a public officer
may bestow by favor.
5. (Eng. Law) The right of presentation to church or
ecclesiastical benefice; advowson. --Blackstone.
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