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Main Entry:
pa·tron·age
[
pey
-tr
uh
-nij
,
pa
‐
]
/
ˈpeɪ
trə
nɪdʒ
,
ˈpæ‐
/
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Part of Speech:
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patronage
Part of Speech:
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Main Entry:
patronage
Part of Speech:
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Example Sentences
These are places and businesses worthy of your
patronage
.
Without that
patronage
, I don't know that it would have gotten published.
Finding a job at a Web site can be like securing the
patronage
of a 15th-century benefactor.
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Noun
These are places and businesses worthy of your
patronage
.
Without that
patronage
, I don't know that it would have gotten published.
Finding a job at a Web site can be like securing the
patronage
of a 15th-century benefactor.
My chief occupation is going around with a forked stick picking up little fragments of
patronage
for my constituents.
Then practicality might start to become a driving concern behind these projects rather than
patronage
jobs and land buy-outs.
It ran eight years, and was then closed for want of
patronage
.
Its grip on state institutions and
patronage
is unlikely to be challenged.
Some of the benefits of
patronage
are undeniable.
He now directed his literary activities to the two ends of winning powerful
patronage
and establishing himself in public esteem.
The state said the use of the school system for
patronage
has continued.
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