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English

Pronunciation

\Pa"tron*age\

Noun

The act of providing approval and support; backing; championship.
: His vigorous patronage of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives.
customer|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.
The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers; trade.
: Even before noon there was a considerable patronage.
The people who ride a form of transportation. Synonym of ridership.

Translations

Finnish: tukeminen, kannattaminen
Hungarian: ,

Finnish: , {{t-|fi|asiakkaat|p}}
Greek: {{t+|el|πελατεία|f|sc=Grek}}
Hungarian:

Finnish: holhoaminen, alentuvuus
Greek: {{t|el|πατρονάρισμα|n|sc=Grek}}

: patronage

: patrocinio
: patrocinio

Verb

patronage

To support by being a patron of.
To be a regular customer or client of; to patronize; to patronise; to support; to keep going.

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French

Etymology

Pronunciation

An audio transcript can be found at Fr-patronage.ogg

Noun

patronnage

#English|Patronage

Category:French nouns

el:patronage fr:patronage io:patronage hu:patronage pl:patronage ru:patronage ta:patronage te:patronage vi:patronage zh:patronage

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Patronage \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.
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2. Business custom. [Commercial Cant]
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3. Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care. --Addison.
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4. The right of nomination to political office; also, the
offices, contracts, honors, etc., which a public officer
may bestow by favor.
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5. (Eng. Law) The right of presentation to church or
ecclesiastical benefice; advowson. --Blackstone.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Patronage \Pa"tron*age\, v. t.
To act as a patron of; to maintain; to defend. [Obs.] --Shak.
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WordNet patronage
n 1: the act of providing approval and support; "his vigorous
backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with
progressives" [syn: backing, backup, championship]
2: customers collectively; "they have an upper class clientele"
[syn: clientele, business]
3: a communication that indicates lack of respect by
patronizing the recipient [syn: condescension, disdain]
4: (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making
appointments to office in return for political support
5: the business given to a commercial establishment by its
customers; "even before noon there was a considerable
patronage" [syn: trade]
v 1: support by being a patron of
2: be a regular customer or client of; "We patronize this
store"; "Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long
as he could" [syn: patronize, patronise, support, {keep
going}]

Moby Dictionary
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

PATRONAGE. The right of appointing to office; as the patronage of the president of the United States, if abused, may endanger the liberties of the people. 2. In the ecclesiastical law, it signifies the right of presentation to a church or ecclesiastical benefice. 2 Bl. Com. 21.