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Patronage Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Patronage?
[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 Synonyms | Synonyms for Patronage: backing | business | championship | clientele | condescension | disdain | keep going | patronise | patronize | support | trade Related Terms | Find terms related to Patronage: 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 See Also | approval | approving | blessing | business | custom | depreciation | derogation | disparagement | foster | keep | maintain | nomenklatura | nurture | people | social control | sustain Patronage In Webster's Dictionary \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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