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Synonyms for patronage
ˈpeɪ trə nɪdʒ, ˈpæ-pa·tron·age

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  1. backing, backup, championship, patronagenoun

    the act of providing approval and support

    "his vigorous backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives"

    Synonyms:
    fill-in, financial backing, relief, funding, financial support, backup, accompaniment, disdain, support, backup man, reliever, title, musical accompaniment, backing, condescension, trade, championship, mount, computer backup, business, stand-in, clientele, substitute

  2. clientele, patronage, businessnoun

    customers collectively

    "they have an upper class clientele"

    Synonyms:
    business concern, business sector, backing, clientele, backup, business organization, line of work, business enterprise, condescension, job, business organisation, byplay, stage business, commercial enterprise, line, trade, championship, disdain, occupation, business, concern

  3. condescension, disdain, patronagenoun

    a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient

    Synonyms:
    trade, clientele, condescension, business, backup, backing, superciliousness, scorn, condescendingness, contempt, disdainfulness, championship, disdain, despite

  4. patronagenoun

    (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support

    Synonyms:
    trade, condescension, business, backing, clientele, backup, championship, disdain

  5. trade, patronageverb

    the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers

    "even before noon there was a considerable patronage"

    Synonyms:
    condescension, business deal, backup, deal, swop, trade wind, trade, business, backing, barter, clientele, craft, championship, disdain, swap

  6. patronageverb

    support by being a patron of

    Synonyms:
    keep going, patronize, patronise, support

  7. patronize, patronise, patronage, support, keep goingverb

    be a regular customer or client of

    "We patronize this store"; "Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as he could"

    Synonyms:
    digest, abide, buy at, tolerate, tide over, support, shop at, plunk for, hold up, endure, frequent, bridge over, back, stick out, fend for, patronise, run on, back up, keep going, put up, corroborate, endorse, stomach, defend, confirm, bear out, affirm, shop, subscribe, brook, indorse, suffer, stand, sustain, patronize, underpin, condescend, substantiate, hold, plump for, sponsor, bear

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. patronagenoun

    Synonyms:
    favor, countenance, support, assistance, influence, friendship, aid

  2. patronagenoun

    Synonyms:
    custom, good-will (of an established place of business)

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How to use patronage in a sentence?

  1. Mary McCarthy:

    The American, if he has a spark of national feeling, will be humiliated by the very prospect of a foreigner's visit to Congress -- these, for the most part, illiterate hacks whose fancy vests are spotted with gravy, and whose speeches, hypocritical, unctuous, and slovenly, are spotted also with the gravy of political patronage, these persons are a reflection on the democratic process rather than of it; they expose it in its process rather than of it; they expose it in its underwear.

  2. The US President:

    I am ready to meet the Prime Minister of Israel any time in Washington under the patronage of President Trump.

  3. Michael Madden:

    The KPA (Korean People's Army) is undergoing actual modernization. Kim Jong Un is cutting through some of the fiefdoms and patronage networks that had grown too powerful.

  4. Lee Jung-hoon:

    The Chinese are very pragmatic, they weigh the cost of keeping North Korea within their patronage. Apparently so far China seems to think the benefit outweighs the cost.

  5. John Howe:

    Character is power; it makes friends, draws patronage and support and opens the way to wealth, honor and happiness.


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