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patronize
[ pey-truh-nahyz, pa‑ ]
verb (used with object)
- to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- to behave in an offensively condescending manner toward:
a professor who patronizes his students.
- to act as a patron toward (an artist, institution, etc.); support.
patronize
/ ˈpætrəˌnaɪz /
verb
- to behave or treat in a condescending way
- tr to act as a patron or patroness by sponsoring or bringing trade to
Derived Forms
- ˈpatronˌizer, noun
Other Words From
- patron·iza·ble adjective
- patron·i·zation noun
- patron·izer noun
- re·patron·ize verb (used with object) repatronized repatronizing
- trans·patron·ize verb (used with object) transpatronized transpatronizing
- un·patron·iza·ble adjective
- well-patron·ized adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of patronize1
Example Sentences
People exercise judgment all the time about what products to buy, what media to consume and what businesses they will patronize.
He owes it to himself as much as he does to the people he is so keen to criticize, or at least patronize.
Like everyone else in America who tries not to patronize the fever swamps, I went "huh?"
Artists themselves differ in their judgments, and many who patronize them have no severity of discrimination.
In the course of the afternoon nearly all the white men on hunting bent show up at the hotel and patronize the bar.
She was capable and kindly, and our friendship became firmly rooted when she discovered that we intended to patronize her shop.
He is the idol of equivocal women, and condescends to patronize unpresentable gentility-mongers.
It was part—and an excellent part—of the pose of Grand Monarchy to patronize literature and the sciences.
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