PATRONIZE


Meaning of PATRONIZE in English

vt to trade with customarily; to frequent as a customer.

2. patronize ·vt 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.

3. patronize ·vt to act as patron toward; to support; to countenance; to favor; to aid.

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