patronize
has definitions from the field of business
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[ verb ] (business) assume sponsorship of
Used in print (Jean Mercier, Whatever You Do, Don't Panic....)She patronized Greenwich_Village artists for awhile , then put some money into a Broadway show which was successful ( terrible , but successful ) . |
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[ verb ] treat condescendingly
Synonyms Used in print (Irving Fineman, Woman of Valor: The Life of Henrietta...)Both these youths , who greatly admired Henrietta , were somewhat younger than she , as were also the neighboring Friedenwald boys , who were then studying medicine ; and bright though they all were , they could not possibly compete for her interest with Papa , whose mind - although he never tried to dazzle or patronize lesser lights with it - naturally eclipsed theirs and made them seem to her even younger than they were . Related terms |
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[ verb ] do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
Used in print (The Christian Science Monitor...)During the summer , Negroes began quietly patronizing previously segregated restaurants and lunch counters in downtown retail establishments . |
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