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patronage

1. noun

a) The act of providing approval and support; backing; championship.

His vigorous patronage of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives.

b) Customers collectively; clientele; business.

The restaurant had an upper class patronage.

2. verb

a) To support by being a patron of.

Mingdi continued the policy of his father who had patronaged Confucian learning.

b) To be a regular customer or client of; to patronize; to patronise; to support; to keep going.

Table 5.4 reveals the role of criminal gangs’ patron under each crime category. From this, we can understand that 74 percent of the mercenaries are patronaged and supported by the politicians either of the ruling or opposition party.

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