Thesaurus: patronage

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1. n. 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.
2. n. Business custom.
3. n. Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care.
4. n. The right of nomination to political office; also, the offices, contracts, honors, etc., which a public officer may bestow by favor.
5. n. The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice; advowson.
6. v. t. To act as a patron of; to maintain; to defend.
7. n. the act of providing approval and support
8. n. customers collectively
9. n. a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient
10. n. (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support
11. n. the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
12. v. support by being a patron of