| Englisch > Deutsch | |
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| patronage | |
| 1. Substantiv: | |
| 2. [1] Schirmherrschaft, Mäzenatentum, Gönnerschaft, Protektion | |
| Englisch > Englisch | |
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| patronage | |
| 1. subst. The act of providing approval and support; backing; championship. |  |
| His vigorous patronage of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives. | |
| 2. subst. Customers collectively; clientele; business. | |
| The restaurant had an upper-class patronage. | |
| 3. subst. A communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient; condescension; disdain. | |
| 4. subst. (politics) Granting favours or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support. | |
| 5. subst. Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care. | |
| 6. subst. The right of nomination to political office. | |
| 7. subst. (legal) The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice; advowson. | |
| 8. v. To support by being a patron of. | |
| 9. v. To be a regular customer or client of; to patronize | |
