patronage
/ˈpeɪtɹənɪd͡ʒ/
Dictionary
noun
- The act of providing approval and support; backing; championship.
"His vigorous patronage of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives."
- Customers collectively; clientele; business.
"The restaurant had an upper-class patronage."
- A communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient; condescension; disdain.
- Granting favours or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support.
- Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care.
- The right of nomination to political office.
- The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice; advowson.
verb
- To support by being a patron of.
- To be a regular customer or client of; to patronize
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