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(noun) (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support |
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Related Words: nomenklatura, social control |
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(verb) support by being a patron of |
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Related Words: keep, maintain, sustain |
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(verb) be a customer or client of; "We patronize this store" |
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Synonyms: patronize, support |
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Related Words: foster, nurture |
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(noun) the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers: "even before noon there was a considerable patronage" |
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Synonyms: trade |
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Related Words: business, custom |
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(noun) customers collectively; "they have an upper class clientele" |
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Synonyms: business, clientele |
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Related Words: people |
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(noun) the act of providing approval and support; "his vigorous backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives" |
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Synonyms: backing, championship |
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Related Words: approval, approving, blessing |
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(noun) a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient |
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Synonyms: condescension, disdain |
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Related Words: depreciation, derogation, disparagement |
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