Definition: the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
Usage: even before noon there was a considerable patronage
Main entry: patronage
Definition: (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support
Main entry: patronage, championship, backing, backup
Definition: the act of providing approval and support
Usage: his vigorous backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives
Main entry: patronage, disdain, condescension
Definition: a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient
Main entry: clientele, business, patronage
Definition: customers collectively
Usage: they have an upper class clientele
Main entry: patronage, patronise, patronize, keep going, support
Definition: be a regular customer or client of
Usage: We patronize this store; Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as he could
Main entry: patronage
Definition: support by being a patron of