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| 1. | [ noun ] the act of providing approval and support | |
| Synonyms: | backing backup championship | |
| Examples: | "his vigorous backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives" |
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| Related terms: | blessing support back | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support | |
| Related terms: | social_control nomenklatura politics | |
| 3. | [ noun ] a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient | |
| Synonyms: | disdain condescension | |
| Related terms: | disparagement patronize | |
| 4. | [ noun ] customers collectively | |
| Synonyms: | business clientele | |
| Examples: | "they have an upper class clientele" |
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| Related terms: | people patronize | |
| 5. | [ verb ] be a regular customer or client of | |
| Synonyms: | support keep_going patronise patronize | |
| Examples: | "We patronize this store" "Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as he could" |
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| Related terms: | foster run_on patron patron | |
| 6. | [ verb ] support by being a patron of | |
| Related terms: | sustain | |
| 7. | [ noun ] (business) the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers | |
| Synonyms: | trade | |
| Examples: | : "even before noon there was a considerable patronage" |
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| Related terms: | business custom patronize | |
| Similar spelling: |
patron patronne patronizing patronising patternmaker patterned patronize patronise patroness Padron patronless patronized patronised pattern Patrina padrone patrimonial patrimony Petrone patronymic |
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