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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
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,
patronage]
2: customers collectively; "they have an upper class clientele"
[syn: clientele, patronage, business]
3: a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing
the recipient [syn: condescension, disdain, patronage]
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, patronage]
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, patronage,
support, keep going]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Patronage \Pa"tron*age\, v. t.
To act as a patron of; to maintain; to defend. [Obs.] --Shak.
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4. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) |
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.
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Thesaurus Results for patronage:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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