Definition: the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
Usage: even before noon there was a considerable patronage
Similar words: business
Definition: the volume of commercial activity
Usage: business is good today; show me where the business was today
Synonyms: patronage
Definition: (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support
Similar words: social control
Definition: control exerted (actively or passively) by group action
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: approval, approving, blessing
Definition: the formal act of approving
Usage: he gave the project his blessing; his decision merited the approval of any sensible person
Synonyms: patronage, disdain, condescension
Definition: a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient
Similar words: depreciation, derogation, disparagement
Definition: a communication that belittles somebody or something
Synonyms: clientele, business, patronage
Definition: customers collectively
Usage: they have an upper class clientele
Similar words: people
Definition: (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
Usage: old people; there were at least 200 people in the audience
Synonyms: 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
Synonyms: patronage
Definition: support by being a patron of
Similar words: sustain, maintain, keep
Definition: supply with necessities and support
Usage: She alone sustained her family; The money will sustain our good cause; There's little to earn and many to keep