patronage

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[edit] Pronunciation

\Pa"tron*age\

[edit] Noun

patronage (plural patronages)

1. The act of providing approval and support; backing; championship.

   His vigorous patronage of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives.

2. Customers collectively; clientele; business.

   The restaurant had an upper class patronage.

3. A communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient; condescension; disdain.
4. (politics) Granting favours or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support.
5. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers; trade.

   Even before noon there was a considerable patronage.

6. The people who ride a form of transportation. Synonym of ridership.

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[edit] Verb

patronage

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

[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

patron + -age

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

patronnage

1. Patronage