patronage
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: government
law
politics
Etymology: From Middle English patronage, from Old French patronage (modern French patronage). Equivalent to patron + -age. Piecewise doublet of patternage.
Base: patron
Affixes: -age
Inflected forms:
form: patronages
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: patronages
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: patronaging
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: patronaged
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: patronaged
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: The act of providing approval and support; backing; championship.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: His vigorous patronage of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives.
gloss: Customers collectively; clientele; business.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The restaurant had an upper-class patronage.
The improved service to and from Taunton is fully justified by the passenger patronage to and from this town, which is a railhead for a large surrounding area.
In addition to employment in the area, once you factor in the patronage of people visiting the various sites, it's not difficult to see why it's being redeveloped. The current station building is tiny in comparison to other stations with a similar patronage.
gloss: The act or state of being a customer of some business.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The restaurant had "Thank you for your patronage!" printed on its take-out bags.
gloss: A communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient; condescension; disdain.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Granting favours or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Patronage, nepotism, cronyism, abuse of power, and criminal activity flourish, sometimes for decades, in numerous town halls, police stations, and special-purpose government agencies in the suburbs.
gloss: Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Each of the Arts whose office is to refine, purify, adorn, embellish and grace life is under the patronage of a Muse, no god being found worthy to preside over them.
gloss: The right of nomination to political office.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice; advowson.
pos: noun
tags: UK
countable
uncountable
examples: Advowson is the right of presentation to a church, or ecclesiastical benefice. Advowson, advocatio, signifies the taking into protection; and therefore is synonymous with patronage
gloss: Patronising speech or behaviour.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The housekeeper, a very decorative brunette of thirty-five with a pseudo-English accent, greeted him with a mixture of grateful effusion and condescending patronage.
gloss: To support by being a patron of.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Mingdi continued the policy of his father who had patronaged Confucian learning.
Table 5.4 reveals the role of criminal gangs’ patron under each crime category. From this, we can understand that 74 percent of the mercenaries are patronaged and supported by the politicians either of the ruling or opposition party.
To summarize: a person with a party political background is thus defined as ‘a person that has served in (a) […] and/or (b) a non-elective position inside the party administration of patronaged position in another organisation, i.e. the political functionary’.
gloss: To be a regular customer or client of; to patronize
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: This house is largely patronaged by the professors and students of many of the Educational Institutions of New England and the Middle States; and all perons visiting New York, either for business or pleasure, will find this an excellent place at which to stop.
Mr. F. A. Welch, of the Oak View Poultry Farm, Salem, starts an add with us this issue. […] Our readers will be treated well, if they patronage Mr. Welch.
Most public establishments catered to Blacks, and Whites actively patronaged some black-owned businesses (Martin 1982, 6, 9–11; Slingsby 1980, 31–32).
Derived words: antipatronage
micropatronage
nonpatronage
patronage system
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