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/pˈeɪtrənˌaɪz/ /pˈætrənˌaɪz/ Listen

verb

Patronize v. t. (past & past part. patronized; pres. part. patronizing)

To act as patron toward; to support; to countenance; to favor; to aid. "The idea has been patronized by two States only."

To trade with customarily; to frequent as a customer. (Commercial Cant)

To assume the air of a patron, or of a superior and protector, toward; used in an unfavorable sense; as, to patronize one's equals.

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"Patronize" Quotes from Famous Books

... you'll honor us with a call whenever you're passing. And if you can, give me a lift in the Courier. I may say it's my intention to patronize their advertisement columns regular, soon's ever I begin to feel my ...

— The Devil's Garden • W. B. Maxwell

... "and I haven't the faintest intention of seeing her. I can't understand why you waste your money on those people. They have absolutely nothing to tell you, and they are fakers and worse, in every instance. You know it, each one of you, and yet you continue to patronize them." ...

— The Silver Butterfly • Mrs. Wilson Woodrow

... one knew. Two months previously she had made her appearance in Paris society, and since then it was considered good form to patronize Jane Zild. ...

— The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume II (of 2) • Alexandre Dumas pere

... electric railway in London has so far proved an unprofitable concern for its stockholders. It is 31/2 miles long, touches some of the greatest points of traffic, but somehow or other people won't patronize it. The total receipts for the last six months were a little under $100,000, and they only carried seventeen persons per train mile. On this road the passengers are carried on elevators up and down from the street level to the cars. The poor results ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, Sep. 26, 1891 • Various

... business to any one who did not possess all his faculties. We meant to be very kind, and we thought every word we said was true, but was it true? Did that man sell our goods with his eyes, or did he sell them by using his tongue and his personality to persuade customers to patronize us? If he had a boy to go about with him, could he not talk as convincingly, work as hard, and, indeed, might he not put forth a greater effort to extend our business and make himself invaluable to us? This is a typical case, and one that occurs almost daily. So it is ...

— Five Lectures on Blindness • Kate M. Foley

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