patronage
Meaning of patronage
noun
- The act of providing approval and support; backing; championship.
His vigorous patronage of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives.
- Customers collectively; clientele; business.
The restaurant had an upper-class patronage.
- A communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient; condescension; disdain.
- Granting favours or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support.
- Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care.
- The right of nomination to political office.
- The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice; advowson.
- To support by being a patron of.
- To be a regular customer or client of; to patronize
Information about patronage
- The plural form of patronage is: patronages.
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Hyphenation of patronage
pa-tron-age
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- patronage is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
patronage synonyms
Meaning backing:
Meaning clientele:
Meaning condescension:
Meaning trade:
Meaning patronize:
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