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Patronage
- noun - (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support
- a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient
- be a regular customer or client of; "We patronize this store"; "Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as he could"
- customers collectively; "they have an upper class clientele"
- support by being a patron of
- the act of providing approval and support; "his vigorous backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives"
- the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers; "even before noon there was a considerable patronage"
Patronate
- - The right or duty of a patron; patronage.
Patroness
- noun - a woman who is a patron or the wife of a patron
Patronise
- verb - assume sponsorship of
- be a regular customer or client of; "We patronize this store"; "Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as he could"
- do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
- treat condescendingly
Patronize
- verb - assume sponsorship of
- be a regular customer or client of; "We patronize this store"; "Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as he could"
- do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
- treat condescendingly
Patronnes
- noun - a woman who is a patron or the wife of a patron
Patronyms
- noun - a family name derived from name of your father or a paternal ancestor (especially with an affix (such as -son in English or O'- in Irish) added to the name of your father or a paternal ancestor)
Pattering
- verb - make light, rapid and repeated sounds; "gently pattering rain"
- rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"
Patterned
- verb - form a pattern; "These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before"
- having patterns (especially colorful patterns)
- plan or create according to a model or models
Patty-Pan
- noun - a pan for cooking patties or pasties