Synonyms for patronage
ˈpeɪ trə nɪdʒ, ˈpæ-pa·tron·age

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1. backing, backup, championship, patronagenoun

   the act of providing approval and support

   "his vigorous backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives"

   Synonyms:
   fill-in, financial backing, relief, funding, financial support, backup, accompaniment, disdain, support, backup man, reliever, title, musical accompaniment, backing, condescension, trade, championship, mount, computer backup, business, stand-in, clientele, substitute

2. clientele, patronage, businessnoun

   customers collectively

   "they have an upper class clientele"

   Synonyms:
   business concern, business sector, backing, clientele, backup, business organization, line of work, business enterprise, condescension, job, business organisation, byplay, stage business, commercial enterprise, line, trade, championship, disdain, occupation, business, concern

3. condescension, disdain, patronagenoun

   a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient

   Synonyms:
   trade, clientele, condescension, business, backup, backing, superciliousness, scorn, condescendingness, contempt, disdainfulness, championship, disdain, despite

4. patronagenoun

   (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support

   Synonyms:
   trade, condescension, business, backing, clientele, backup, championship, disdain

5. trade, patronageverb

   the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers

   "even before noon there was a considerable patronage"

   Synonyms:
   condescension, business deal, backup, deal, swop, trade wind, trade, business, backing, barter, clientele, craft, championship, disdain, swap

6. patronageverb

   support by being a patron of

   Synonyms:
   keep going, patronize, patronise, support

7. patronize, patronise, patronage, support, keep goingverb

   be a regular customer or client of

   "We patronize this store"; "Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as he could"

   Synonyms:
   digest, abide, buy at, tolerate, tide over, support, shop at, plunk for, hold up, endure, frequent, bridge over, back, stick out, fend for, patronise, run on, back up, keep going, put up, corroborate, endorse, stomach, defend, confirm, bear out, affirm, shop, subscribe, brook, indorse, suffer, stand, sustain, patronize, underpin, condescend, substantiate, hold, plump for, sponsor, bear

Matched Categories

1. • Approval
   • Disparagement
   • Politics
   • Social Control
   • Sustain

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1. patronagenoun

   Synonyms:
   favor, countenance, support, assistance, influence, friendship, aid

2. patronagenoun

   Synonyms:
   custom, good-will (of an established place of business)

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1. List of paraphrases for "patronage":

   favouritism, sponsorship, clientelism, favoritism, ridership, nepotism, cronyism, aegis, philanthropy

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How to use patronage in a sentence?

1. John C. Calhoun:

   To maintain the ascendancy of the Constitution over the lawmaking majority is the great and essential point on which the success of the [American] system must depend; unless that ascendancy can be preserved, the necessary consequence must be that the laws will supersede the Constitution; and, finally, the will of the Executive, by influence of its patronage, will supersede the laws ...

2. John Howe:

   Character is power; it makes friends, draws patronage and support and opens the way to wealth, honor and happiness.

3. Grant Shapps:

   We won’t stand by and watch those who’ve made millions through (Russian President Vladimir) Putin’s patronage live their lives in peace as innocent blood is shed.

4. Michael Madden:

   Kim Jong Un has been very good actually about promoting people that didn’t have the traditional patronage ties.

5. Jumaane Williams:

   I believe, and we all know, that right now that the Board of Elections is a patronage mill and it has to be broken up, there are many concerns. We know them. How many times do we have to go through these things ?