About The Word Patronize

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Patronize

Patronize Meaning & Definition
Patronize Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Patronize?

[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] treat condescendingly
[v] do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
[v] assume sponsorship of

Synonyms | Synonyms for Patronize: buy at | condescend | frequent | keep going | patronage | patronise | patronise | patronise | shop | shop at | sponsor | sponsor | support

Related Terms | Find terms related to Patronize: aid | angel | assist | back | bankroll | boost | bridle | capitalize | condescend | contemn | contribute to | deal with | demean | disdain | do business with | encourage | finance | foster | frequent | fund | grubstake | have dealings with | have truck with | help | humiliate | pay for | promote | provide for | put down | refinance | scorn | set up | shop at | sponsor | stake | subscribe to | subsidize | support | take up | toss the head | trade at | trade with | traffic with | transact business with | treat | underwrite

See Also | back up | cosponsor | foster | interact | nurture | stoop to | support | support

Patronize In Webster's Dictionary

\Pa"tron*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Patronized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Patronizing}.] 1. To act as patron toward; to support; to countenance; to favor; to aid. The idea has been patronized by two States only. --A. Hamilton. 2. To trade with customarily; to frequent as a customer. [Commercial Cant] 3. To assume the air of a patron, or of a superior and protector, toward; -- used in an unfavorable sense; as, to patronize one's equals.

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