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Pronunciation
\Pa"tron*age
Noun
patronage
- 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.
- politics 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
trans-top|The act of providing approval and support
Finnish: tukeminen, kannattaminen
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trans-top|Customers collectively; clientele; business
Finnish: asiakaskunta, asiakkaat p
Greek: t|el|�ελα�εία|f|sc=Grek
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trans-top|A communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient
Finnish: holhoaminen, alentuvuus
Greek: t|el|�α��ονά�ι�μα|n|sc=Grek
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trans-top|Granting favours or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support
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trans-top|The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers; trade
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ttbc|French: patronage m
ttbc|Hungarian: pártfogás, patronázs
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ttbc|Italian: patrocinio m
ttbc|Spanish: patrocinio m
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.
French
Etymology
suffix|patron|age
Noun
patronnage
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