patronage

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Synonyms: matronage, patronate, patronize, parsonage, patronal, baronage, patronise, patronne, tronage, patronages, petrolage

Antonyms: matronage, patronate, patronize, parsonage, patronal, baronage, patronise, patronne, tronage, patronages, petrolage

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

1. The act of providing [[approval]] and [[support]]; [[backing]]; [[championship]].
2. [[customer|Customer]]s [[collectively]]; [[clientele]]; [[business]].
3. The act or state of being a customer of some business.
4. A [[communication]] that indicates lack of [[respect]] by [[patronize|patronizing]] the [[recipient]]; [[condescension]]; [[disdain]].
5. {{lb|en|politics}} Granting [[favour]]s or giving [[contract]]s or making [[appointment]]s to [[office]] in return for [[political]] support.
6. [[guardianship|Guardianship]], as of a [[saint]]; [[tutelary]] [[care]].
7. The [[right]] of [[nomination]] to [[political]] [[office]].
8. {{lb|en|UK|legal}} The [[right]] of [[presentation]] to [[church]] or [[ecclesiastical]] [[benefice]]; [[advowson]].
9. Patronising speech or behaviour.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To support by being a [[patron]] of.
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To be a regular customer or client of; to [[patronize]]

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