patronage
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of providing approval and support
his vigorous backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives
Types & categories
- blessing hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
support by being a patron of
Types & categories
- maintain hypernym
Related & opposite
- patronage derivation
Sense 3 noun
customers collectively
they have an upper class clientele
Types & categories
- people hypernym
Related & opposite
- patronage derivation
Sense 4 verb
be a regular customer or client of
We patronize this store
Types & categories
- nurture hypernym
Related & opposite
- trade derivation
- clientele derivation
- patron derivation
- sponsor derivation
- keep going verb group
Sense 5 noun
a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient
Types & categories
- derogation hypernym
Related & opposite
- patronize derivation
Sense 6 noun
(politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support
Types & categories
- social control hypernym
- nomenklatura hyponym
Related & opposite
- patronage derivation
- political science domain topic
Sense 7 noun
the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
even before noon there was a considerable patronage
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- patronage derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | back |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | back |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | support |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | second |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | blessing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | patronage |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | maintain |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | patronage |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | people |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | trade |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | clientele |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | patron |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sponsor |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | keep going |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | nurture |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | patronize |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | derogation |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | patronage |
| 6 | domain topic | Related & opposite | political science |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | social control |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | nomenklatura |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | patronage |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | business |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | custom |