patronage
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trə noun
1.
the financial support or business provided to a store, hotel, or the like, by customers, clients, or paying guests.
2.
patrons collectively; clientele.
3.
the control of or power to make appointments to government jobs or the power to grant other political favors.
4.
offices, jobs, or other favors so controlled.
5.
the distribution of jobs and favors on a political basis, as to those who have supported one's party or political campaign.
6.
a condescending manner or attitude in granting favors, in dealing with people, etc.; condescension: an air of patronage toward his business subordinates.
7.
the position, encouragement, influence, or support of a patron, as toward an artist, institution, etc.
8.
the right of presentation to an ecclesiastical benefice; advowson.
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World English Dictionary
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| —n | |
| 1. | a. the support given or custom brought by a patron or patroness |
| b. the position of a patron | |
| 2. | in politics |
| a. the practice of making appointments to office, granting contracts, etc | |
| b. the favours so distributed | |
| 3. | a. a condescending manner |
| b. any kindness done in a condescending way | |
| 4. | Christianity the right to present a clergyman to a benefice |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
patronage
1412, "right of presenting a qualified person to a church benefice," from M.L. patronizare (1382) or O.Fr. patroniser (1456); see patron. General sense of "power to give jobs or favors" is from 1769; meaning "regular business of customers" is 1804.
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American Heritage
Cultural Dictionary
patronage [(pay-truh-nij, pat-ruh-nij)]The power of a government official or leader to make appointments and offer favors. Once in office, a politician can use patronage to build a loyal following. Though practiced at all levels of government, patronage is most often associated with the machine politics of big cities. (See spoils system.)
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Example sentences
The artist would resent this patronage all his life, even though he depended on it.
The world of nonprofits and charity dinners and patronage of the arts includes a large swath of the city's power élite.
My chief occupation is going around with a forked stick picking up little fragments of patronage for my constituents.
In practice it merely serves an another means of providing patronage for party hacks.
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