PATRONAGE
\pˈatɹənɪd͡ʒ], \pˈatɹənɪdʒ], \p_ˈa_t_ɹ_ə_n_ɪ_dʒ]\
Definitions of PATRONAGE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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support by being a patron of
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the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers; "even before noon there was a considerable patronage"
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(politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support
By Princeton University
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support by being a patron of
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the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers; "even before noon there was a considerable patronage"
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(politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care.
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The right of nomination to political office; also, the offices, contracts, honors, etc., which a public officer may bestow by favor.
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The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice; advowson.
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To act as a patron of; to maintain; to defend.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care.
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The right of nomination to political office; also, the offices, contracts, honors, etc., which a public officer may bestow by favor.
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The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice; advowson.
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To act as a patron of; to maintain; to defend.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The support of a patron: guardianship of saints: the right of bestowing offices, privileges, or church benefices.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Fostering care and protection; guardianship; control of official appointments.
By James Champlin Fernald
