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Meanings of patronage in English
Portuguese
condescendência Spanish
desdén Spanish
patrocinar Synonyms
Examples for "support"
Examples for "support"
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Conclusions: Fathers and mothers often report problems and frequently need professional support.
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Mr Robinson said children needed active support to deal with their problems.
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The Partnerships Programme offers support for industry research projects under certain conditions.
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Police support groups, however, say the officers were only maintaining public order.
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Today many parties use these policies to mobilise public opinion and support.
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From grocery stores to accountants, patronize African-Americans offering services you regularly use.
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It is the duty of sovereigns to encourage, patronize, and reward it.
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Or did he patronize a ready-to-wear shop that catered especially to primates?
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Not just teachers, but cleaning staff, groundsmen, cooks, the shopkeepers we patronize?
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No chance now of getting my amiable sister to patronize struggling genius.
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On the other hand I don't want to patronise them either.
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They patronise its art galleries, private schools, estate agents and restaurants.
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It will be so kind of you to patronise my husband.
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She likes some one to trample on,-someone of the name to patronise.
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Since Sydney seemed disposed to patronise me, I was bent on snubbing him.
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They need mass volume sales to keep going, the industry experts said.
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On the contrary: You should use them to help you keep going.
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We're five points behind the leaders, but we need to keep going.
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We have to keep going and fighting, anything is possible, he said.
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How do you keep going without, er, finishing too soon? I ask.
Usage of patronage in English
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In this so-called democracy money can buy power, privilege and political patronage.
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Political patronage remains important for doing business in the north African state.
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Analysts say Pakistani groups hoping for patronage want to impress Islamic State.
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Quite another to borrow money to fund a bloated, inept, patronage-driven state.
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State, regional and municipal public administrations remain politicised and ridden by patronage.
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The new routes cover about 15 percent of Auckland's public transport patronage.
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He said many local businesses were getting less patronage, even for winter.
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However, he could live with the idea of benefiting from Katsuragawa's patronage.
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I understand Woolsey is quite enthusiastic in its patronage of artistic endeavors.
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We need to confront corruption, patronage and ineptitude wherever we see it.
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This august body recognised Ms Magahy's patronage of contemporary architecture in Dublin.
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A formal patronage would be no small thing either, coming from him.
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The development of the patronage scandal during the last decade is interesting.
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But he did not respond readily to the social patronage of Fairbridge.
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President Arthur was very kind to me in the way of patronage.
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He hated patronage and the making of appointments- afeelingrare in Ministers.
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Patronage through the time
Patronage across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common
New Zealand
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