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Meanings of patronize in English

Portuguese
patrocinar
Catalan
patrocinar
Spanish
patrocinar

Do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of.

    patrocinar
    Spanish
    patrocinar

    Be a regular customer or client of.

          patrocinar
          Usage of patronize in English
          1
          From grocery stores to accountants, patronize African-Americans offering services you regularly use.
          Ebony
          2
          It is the duty of sovereigns to encourage, patronize, and reward it.
          Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia
          3
          Or did he patronize a ready-to-wear shop that catered especially to primates?
          The mammoth book of the best of best new sf
          4
          Not just teachers, but cleaning staff, groundsmen, cooks, the shopkeepers we patronize?
          Report for Murder
          5
          No chance now of getting my amiable sister to patronize struggling genius.
          A Rogue's Life
          6
          Don't eat anything or patronize the soft drink stand during a march.
          The Plattsburg Manual: A Handbook for Military Training
          7
          But they won't patronize you if you are a little more reserved.
          A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill
          8
          She don't patronize the school, and keeps herself to herself pretty much.
          Clemence / The Schoolmistress of Waveland
          9
          Did he try to get some noble then to patronize his invention?
          Tales of War
          10
          Even Lady Grace would scarcely be in a position to patronize her!
          Greatheart
          11
          Now she's far more likely to shout, or belittle, or patronize.
          Babyville
          12
          Every Orientalist in Europe would patronize it discursively with Sanskrit and Pali texts.
          The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition
          13
          They no longer abstain and condemn; instead, they patronize and distrust.
          Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism [First Series]
          14
          Germany despised France and has tried in vain to patronize her.
          What Germany Thinks; Or, The War as Germans see it
          15
          Good proof of that are the moral works of art which you patronize.
          Moral
          16
          Captivating fellows who patronize the best tailors and have nothing spare about them.
          The new yorker
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          Translations for patronize
          Catalan
          patrocinar
          Spanish
          patrocinar
          Patronize through the time
          Patronize across language varieties
          United Kingdom
          Common
          United States of America
          Common