Meaning of PATRONAGE
| Pronunciation: | | 'patrunij
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- [n] the act of providing approval and support; "his vigorous backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives"
- [n] the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers; "even before noon there was a considerable patronage"
- [n] (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support
- [n] a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient
- [n] customers collectively; "they have an upper class clientele"
- [v] be a regular customer or client of; "We patronize this store"; "Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as he could"
- [v] support by being a patron of
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| | Synonyms: | | backing, business, championship, clientele, condescension, disdain, keep going, patronise, patronize, support, trade |
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| | See Also: | | approval, approving, blessing, business, custom, depreciation, derogation, disparagement, foster, keep, maintain, nomenklatura, nurture, people, social control, sustain | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
\Pa"tron*age\, v. t.
To act as a patron of; to maintain; to defend. [Obs.] --Shak.
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| | Related Terms: | | abetment, administration, advocacy, advocating, advocation, aegis, aid, auspices, backing, benefaction, bias, boosting, business, care, carriage trade, certificate of character, championship, character, character reference, charge, charity, clientage, clientele, condescension, contempt, contumely, countenance, credential, cure, custodianship, custody, custom, deigning, disdain, encouragement, favor, favoritism, favors of office, financing, fosterage, good name, goodwill, governance, government, guardianship, guidance, hands, help, humiliation, interest, jurisdiction, keeping, letter of introduction, management, market, melon, ministry, nepotism, oversight, partiality, pastorage, pastorate, pastorship, patronizing, plum, political patronage, pork, pork barrel, pork-barreling, preference, promotion, protection, protectorship, public, purchasing public, recommend, recommendation, reference, repute, rural market, safe hands, scorn, seconding, spoils system, sponsorship, stewardship, stooping, subsidy, suburban market, superiority, support, sympathy, testimonial, trade, trading, traffic, tutelage, voucher, ward, wardenship, wardship, watch and ward, wing, youth market |
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