English to English
noun
- the act of providing approval and support
His vigorous backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives.
source: WordNet 3.0
- customers collectively
They have an upper class clientele.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient
source: WordNet 3.0
- (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support
source: WordNet 3.0
- the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
Even before noon there was a considerable patronage.
source: WordNet 3.0
- Special countenance or support; favor, encouragement, or aid, afforded to a person or a work; as, the patronage of letters; patronage given to an author.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- support by being a patron of
source: WordNet 3.0
- be a regular customer or client of
We patronize this store.
Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as he could.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To act as a patron of; to maintain; to defend.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [pátronedch] Lingap; kandilì
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
