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Definition of patronage

"patronage" in the noun sense

1. backing, backup, championship, patronage

the act of providing approval and support

"his vigorous backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives"

2. clientele, patronage, business

customers collectively

"they have an upper class clientele"

3. condescension, disdain, patronage

a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient

4. patronage

politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support

5. trade, patronage

the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers

"even before noon there was a considerable patronage"

"patronage" in the verb sense

1. patronage

support by being a patron of

2. patronize, patronise, patronage, support, keep going

be a regular customer or client of

"We patronize this store"

"Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as he could"

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Quotations for patronage

If a book really wants the patronage of a great name, it is a bad book; and if it be a good book, it wants it not. [ Colton ]

Labor in this country is independent and proud. It has not to ask the patronage of capital, but capital solicits the aid of labor. [ Daniel Webster ]

It is not so much in buying pictures as in being pictures, that you can encourage a noble school. The best patronage of art is not that which seeks for the pleasures of sentiment in a vague ideality, nor for beauty of form in a marble image, but that which educates your children into living heroes, and binds down the flights and the fondnesses of the heart into practical duty and faithful devotion. [ Ruskin ]

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patronage in Scrabble®

The word patronage is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters patronage:

PATRONAGE

(117)

PATRONAGE

(117)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (8 words)

apogean, operant, pageant, paragon, portage, pronate, protean, tanager

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word patronage

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In patronage

PATRONAGE

(117)

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PORTAGE

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patronage in Words With Friends™

The word patronage is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 15

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters patronage:

PATRONAGE

(189)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (8 words)

apogean, operant, pageant, paragon, portage, pronate, protean, tanager

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word patronage

PATRONAGE

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In patronage

PATRONAGE

(189)

APOGEAN

(116 = 81 + 35)

PAGEANT

(116 = 81 + 35)

PATRONAGE

(114)

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Words within the letters of patronage

2 letter words in patronage (15 words)

aa ag an ar at en go no on or pa pe re ta to

3 letter words in patronage (52 words)

age ago ant ape apt are art ate ear eat ego eon era erg eta gap get got nag nap net nor not oar oat one opt ore pan par pat pea peg pen per pet pot rag ran rap rat roe rot tag tan tap tar tea ten toe ton top

4 letter words in patronage (68 words)

5 letter words in patronage (48 words)

6 letter words in patronage (16 words)

argent atoner eartag entrap garnet orange ornate panter parent parget patron potage pretan ragtop tarpan trepan

7 letter words in patronage (8 words)

apogean operant pageant paragon portage pronate protean tanager

9 letter words in patronage (1 word)

patronage

patronage + 1 blank (2 words)

paragonite patronages

patronage + 2 blanks (3 words)

evaporating pomegranate pythagorean

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Words containing the sequence patronage

Words that start with patronage (2 words)

patronage patronages

Words with patronage in them (1 word)

patronage

Words that end with patronage (1 word)

patronage

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Word Growth involving patronage

Shorter words in patronage

ag age

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on tron patron

Longer words containing patronage

patronages