Definitions from Wiktionary (patronage)

▸ noun:  The act of providing approval and support; backing; championship.
▸ noun:  Customers collectively; clientele; business.
▸ noun:  The act or state of being a customer of some business.
▸ noun:  A communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient; condescension; disdain.
▸ noun:  (politics) Granting favours or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support.
▸ noun:  Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care.
▸ noun:  The right of nomination to political office.
▸ noun:  (UK, law) The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice; advowson.
▸ noun:  Patronising speech or behaviour.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To support by being a patron of.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To be a regular customer or client of; to patronize
▸ Also see patronage

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