1. patronage

noun. ['ˈpætrənɪdʒ, ˈpeɪtrənədʒ, ˈpeɪtrənɪdʒ'] the act of providing approval and support.

Rhymes with Patronage

• advantage
• carnage
• coinage
• disadvantage
• drainage
• greenidge
• grinage
• harnage
• linage
• manage
• micromanage
• mismanage
• parsonage
• patronage
• percentage
• signage
• tonnage
• turnage
• unmanage

How do you pronounce patronage?

Pronounce patronage as ˈpætrənɪʤ.

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Sentences with patronage

1. Noun, singular or mass
Customers need to know that you appreciate their patronage and time taken to write.

Quotes about patronage

1. There is nothing which can better deserve our patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.
- George Washington

2. patronage

noun. ['ˈpætrənɪdʒ, ˈpeɪtrənədʒ, ˈpeɪtrənɪdʒ'] customers collectively.

3. patronage

verb. ['ˈpætrənɪdʒ, ˈpeɪtrənədʒ, ˈpeɪtrənɪdʒ'] be a regular customer or client of.

4. patronage

noun. ['ˈpætrənɪdʒ, ˈpeɪtrənədʒ, ˈpeɪtrənɪdʒ'] (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support.

5. patronage

noun. ['ˈpætrənɪdʒ, ˈpeɪtrənədʒ, ˈpeɪtrənɪdʒ'] the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers.

6. patronage

verb. ['ˈpætrənɪdʒ, ˈpeɪtrənədʒ, ˈpeɪtrənɪdʒ'] support by being a patron of.

7. patronage

noun. ['ˈpætrənɪdʒ, ˈpeɪtrənədʒ, ˈpeɪtrənɪdʒ'] a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient.