patronage
patronage is a 9-letter English word with 13 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. 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.
- noun. Business custom.
- noun. Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care.
- noun. The right of nomination to political office; also, the offices, contracts, honors, etc., which a public officer may bestow by favor.
- noun. The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice; advowson.
- transitive verb. To act as a patron of; to maintain; to defend.
- noun. the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
"even before noon there was a considerable patronage"
- noun. (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support
- noun. the act of providing approval and support
"his vigorous backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives"
- noun. a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient
- noun. customers collectively
"they have an upper class clientele"
- verb. be a regular customer or client of
"We patronize this store"
"Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as he could"
- verb. support by being a patron of
Synonyms
trade, backing, backup, championship, condescension, disdain, business, clientele, patronise, patronize, support
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