patronagenoun [ U ]
uk/ˈpæt.rə.nɪdʒ//ˈpeɪ.trən.ɪdʒ/us/ˈpæt.rə.nɪdʒ//ˈpeɪ.trən.ɪdʒ/patronage noun [ U ] (SUPPORT)
the support given to an organization by someone:
The charity enjoys the patronage of many prominent local business people.
mainly disapproving the power of a person to give someone an important job or position:
Patronage is a potent force if used politically.
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Backing, supporting & defending
- -backed
- argumentation
- bale
- bale out
- bear
- behind every great/successful man there stands a woman idiom
- buttress
- carry
- defensible
- endorse
- espouse
- fight your corner idiom
- speak
- stake
- stand by sb
- stand by sth
- stand shoulder to shoulder with sb idiom
- strike
- sympathize
- sympathy
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Applying for a job
patronage noun [ U ] (CUSTOMERS)
formal the business given to a shop or restaurant, etc. by its customers:
We would like to thank all of our customers for their patronage in the past.
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People who buy things
- bidder
- buyer
- client
- consumer
- custom
- customer
- market
- mystery shopper
- patron
- personal shopper
- prosumer
- punter
- purchaser
- rag-and-bone man
- shill
- shopper
- sniper
- subscriber
- trader
- tradesman
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