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patronize

[ pey-truh-nahyz, pa‑ ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, pa·tron·ized, pa·tron·iz·ing.

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 /

patron·iza·ble adjective
patron·i·zation noun
patron·izer noun
re·patron·ize verb (used with object) repatronized repatronizing
trans·patron·ize verb (used with object) transpatronized transpatronizing
un·patron·iza·ble adjective
well-patron·ized adjective

First recorded in 1580–90; patron + -ize

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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