Look up: patronage

1. patronage
   [n] - (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support 2. [v] - support by being a patron of
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2. patronage
   Power to give a favoured appointment to an office or position in politics, business, or the church; or sponsorship of the arts. Patronage was for centuries bestowed mainly by individuals (in Europe...
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3. patronage
   the number of passenger trips or passenger kilometres carried by transport system over a specified time period Category: Statistics • in the context of conferences and the like,endorsement by eminent individuals,e.g.royalty or ambassadors or bodies Category: Law • control of ...
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4. Patronage
   Pa'tron·age noun [ French patronage . Confer Late Latin patronaticum , and Latin patronatus .] 1. Special countenance or support; favor, encouragement, or aid, afforded to a person or a work; as, the patronage of let...
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5. Patronage
   Pa'tron·age transitive verb To act as a patron of; to maintain; to defend. [ Obsolete] Shak.
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6. Patronage
   • (n.) The right of nomination to political office; also, the offices, contracts, honors, etc., which a public officer may bestow by favor. • (n.) Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care. • (v. t.) To act as a patron of; to maintain; to defend. • (n.) Special countenance or su...
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7. patronage
   (from the article `Molière`) ...it was in the form still extant is doubtful. It apparently was a success and secured the favour of the King`s brother Philippe, duc d`Orléans. It ... [13 related articles]
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8. patronage
   patronage 1. The action of a patron in giving influential support, favor, encouragement, or countenance, to a person, institution, work, art, etc. Originally it implied the action of a superior. 2. The appointments or privileges that a politician can give to loyal supporters.
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9. Patronage
   Patronage is the support, encouragement, privilege, or financial aid that an organization or individual bestows to another. In the history of art, arts patronage refers to the support that kings or popes have provided to musicians, painters, and sculptors. It can also refer to the right of bestowin...
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10. patronage
    
    • the act of providing approval and support
    • customers collectively
    • a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient
    • (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support
    • the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
    
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11. patronage
    Power to give a favoured appointment to an office or position in politics, business, or the church; or sponsorship of the arts. Patronage was for centuries bestowed mainly by individuals (in Europe often royal or noble) or by the church. In the 20th century, patrons have tended to be political parties, the state, and – in the arts – p...
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12. Patronage
    [transportation] In public transportation, patronage or ridership is a type of forecasting or statistic for studying the average quantity of passengers ("patrons") carried per certain time in a mode of public transit system. The concept should not be confused with the maximum loading capacit...
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13. Patronage
    [novel] Patronage is a four volume fictional work by Anglo-Irish writer Maria Edgeworth and published in 1814. It is one of her later books, after such successes as Castle Rackrent (1800), Belinda (1801), Leonora (1806) and The Absentee in 1812, to name a few. The novel is a long and ambitio...
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14. Patronage
    [disambiguation] Patronage is the support, encouragement, privilege, or financial aid that an organization or individual bestows to another. Patronage may also refer to: ...
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