Patronize vs. Patronage
Patronizeverb
(transitive) To act as a patron of; to defend, protect, or support.
Patronizeverb
(transitive) To make oneself a customer of a business, especially a regular customer.
Patronizeverb
(transitive) To assume a tone of unjustified superiority; to talk down to, to treat condescendingly.
Patronizeverb
To blame, to reproach.
Patronizeverb
To act as patron toward; to support; to countenance; to favor; to aid.
Patronizeverb
To trade with customarily; to frequent as a customer.
Patronizeverb
To assume the air of a patron, or of a superior and protector, toward; - used in an unfavorable sense; as, to patronize one's equals.
Patronizeverb
assume sponsorship of
Patronizeverb
do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
Patronizeverb
treat condescendingly
Patronizeverb
be a regular customer or client of;
Patronizeverb
treat in a way that is apparently kind or helpful but that betrays a feeling of superiority
Patronizeverb
frequent (a shop, restaurant, or other establishment) as a customer
Patronizeverb
give financial or other support to (a person, organization, or cause)
Patronagenoun
The act of providing approval and support; backing; championship.
Patronagenoun
Customers collectively; clientele; business.
Patronagenoun
A communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient; condescension; disdain.
Patronagenoun
(politics) Granting favours or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support.
Patronagenoun
Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care.
Patronagenoun
The right of nomination to political office.
Patronagenoun
The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice; advowson.
Patronageverb
(transitive) To support by being a patron of.
Patronageverb
(transitive) To be a regular customer or client of; to patronize
Patronagenoun
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.
Patronagenoun
Business custom.
Patronagenoun
Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care.
Patronagenoun
The right of nomination to political office; also, the offices, contracts, honors, etc., which a public officer may bestow by favor.
Patronagenoun
The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice; advowson.
Patronageverb
To act as a patron of; to maintain; to defend.
Patronagenoun
the act of providing approval and support;
Patronagenoun
customers collectively;
Patronagenoun
a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient
Patronagenoun
(politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support
Patronagenoun
the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers;
Patronageverb
support by being a patron of
Patronageverb
be a regular customer or client of;
Patronage
Patronage is the support, encouragement, privilege, or financial aid that an organization or individual bestows on another. In the history of art, arts patronage refers to the support that kings, popes, and the wealthy have provided to artists such as musicians, painters, and sculptors.
