[
US
/ˈpætɹəˌnaɪz, ˈpeɪtɹəˌnaɪz/
]
VERB
- assume sponsorship of
- do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
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be a regular customer or client of
Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as he could
We patronize this store - treat condescendingly
How To Use patronize In A Sentence
- Now we had been taken notice of, put forward, and patronized, in undeniably genteel society. Oldtown Folks
- Watersports on the beach are well patronised, although most people choose simply to bake in the sun.
- The organisers thank all who patronised the function and also everyone who donated prizes for the raffle.
- A: It makes sense to patronize a travel agent.
- What they hate is being patronised by phonies.
- We need to take psychiatrically labeled people in our communities seriously, not patronize or pathologize them.
- What they hate is being patronised by phonies.
- So he compromised on a very exclusive hotel patronized by legislators who had money of their own, by many of the titled attaches of the embassies, and by families that came during the season with the hope of edging their way into official society. The Slim Princess
- Consumers who patronized the T'Owd Lane store were assured of unadulterated food, true measure, and fair prices.
- I already struggle not to feel the wool is being pulled over my eyes, or perhaps (to be kinder) I simply feel that there is a strong sort of wishful thinking going on by those involved; so for the Church to indulge in this sort of cosmeticism when the miraculousness should be allowed its own self-evidence - it makes me feel as if I'm being patronized. Incorruptible and Forever
