patronize
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.
Origin of patronize
1- Also especially British, pa·tron·ise .
Other words from patronize
- 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), re·pa·tron·ized, re·pa·tron·iz·ing.
- trans·pa·tron·ize, verb (used with object), trans·pa·tron·ized, trans·pa·tron·iz·ing.
- un·pa·tron·iz·a·ble, adjective
- well-pa·tron·ized, adjective
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How to use patronize in a sentence
Tourists from the United States can still travel into Mexico and patronize businesses and restaurants there.
Morning Report: San Diego Unified Acknowledges Slow-Rolling Records | Voice of San Diego | May 18, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoYet, Kelly insisted, that even assuming the worst case — that it might offend a few readers — “an accusation of being patronizing would be a small price to pay for the positive results that would accrue.”
Pressuring pop culture creators can help fight racism in America | Blake Ball | April 12, 2021 | Washington PostJuan Carlos Gil is a blind Florida man who patronized Winn-Dixie stores in the Miami area for about 15 years.
Court rules grocery store’s inaccessible website isn’t an ADA violation | Timothy B. Lee | April 10, 2021 | Ars TechnicaThe couple have been grocery shopping in person, patronizing stores during less busy times, and only shopping at places where people wear masks reliably, he said.
Vaccinated lives: 5 health experts revel in simple pleasures | Lena H. Sun | March 10, 2021 | Washington PostPlayers cannot “patronize or enter internal venues other than the designated hotel, the practice facility or the game arena,” the protocols state, and each NHL city has a league-designated hotel for visiting clubs.
Alex Ovechkin one of four Capitals placed on NHL covid-19 protocol-related absences list | Samantha Pell | January 21, 2021 | Washington Post
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.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I | John LordIn the course of the afternoon nearly all the white men on hunting bent show up at the hotel and patronize the bar.
In Africa | John T. McCutcheonShe was capable and kindly, and our friendship became firmly rooted when she discovered that we intended to patronize her shop.
Paris Vistas | Helen Davenport GibbonsHe 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.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind | Herbert George Wells
British Dictionary definitions for patronize
patronise
/ (ˈpætrəˌnaɪz) /
to behave or treat in a condescending way
(tr) to act as a patron or patroness by sponsoring or bringing trade to
Derived forms of patronize
- patronizer or patroniser, noun
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