| patronage | | |
| backing, backup, championship, patronage | (n.) | the act of providing approval and support.; "his vigorous backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives" |
| business, clientele, patronage | (n.) | customers collectively.; "they have an upper class clientele" |
| condescension, disdain, patronage | (n.) | a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient. |
| patronage | (n.) | (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support. |
| patronage, trade | (n.) | the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers.; "even before noon there was a considerable patronage" |
| patronage | (v.) | support by being a patron of. |
| keep going, patronage, patronise, patronize, support | (v.) | be a regular customer or client of.; "We patronize this store"; "Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as he could" |
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