patronage
noun
1. the act of providing approval and support
Similar word(s): backing, backup, championship
Definition categories: act, approval, approving, blessing
2. customers collectively
Similar word(s): business, clientele
Definition categories: group, people
3. a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient
Similar word(s): condescension, disdain
Definition categories: communication, depreciation, derogation, disparagement
4. (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support
Definition categories: act
5. the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
- even before noon there was a considerable patronage
Similar word(s): trade
Definition categories: act, business
Sentences with patronage as a noun:
- His vigorous patronage of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives.
- The restaurant had an upper class patronage.
verb
1. support by being a patron of
Definition categories: consumption, keep, maintain, sustain
2. be a regular customer or client of
- We patronize this store
Similar word(s): patronise, patronize, support
Definition categories: communication, foster, nurture