Crossword-Solution: PATRONAGE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Patronage | n. | Special countenance or support; favor, encouragement, or aid, afforded to a person or a work; as, the patronage of letters; patronage given to an author. |
| Patronage | n. | Business custom. |
| Patronage | n. | Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care. |
| Patronage | n. | The right of nomination to political office; also, the offices, contracts, honors, etc., which a public officer may bestow by favor. |
| Patronage | n. | The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice; advowson. |
| Patronage | v. t. | To act as a patron of; to maintain; to defend. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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greedy person
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Sentences with PATRONAGE (5)
The Ox took under his patronage the next term of life, and therefore man in his middle age is fond of work, devoted to labor, and resolute to amass wealth and to husband his resources.
Well, what is there besides? A stick—I must have a walking-stick.” Pennyways now felt himself to be in something of a difficulty, for should Bathsheba and Troy become reconciled it would be necessary to regain her good opinion if he would secure the patronage of her husband.
These articles Phœbe accordingly supplied, and, as a mark of gratitude for his previous patronage, and a slight super-added morsel after breakfast, put likewise into his hand a whale! The great fish, reversing his experience with the prophet of Nineveh, immediately began his progress down the same red pathway of fate whither so varied a caravan had preceded him.
The patronage of the bar ranged from the commuter who desperately quaffed down two or three martinis to those who enjoyed the seafaring ambi- ence.
Could I have hoped to render it worthy of your patronage, the public would at once have seen the propriety of inscribing a work designed to illustrate the domestic antiquities of England, and particularly of our Saxon forefathers, to the learned author of the Essays upon the Horn of King Ulphus, and on the Lands bestowed by him upon the patrimony of St Peter.
Quotes with PATRONAGE (3)
Let’s de-bunk some of this, shall we? Myth 1 — Kings and Queens are divine beings — rubbish. Kings and queens of old were murdering bastards who ruled with a rod of iron. Myth 2 — the rich prosper out of godliness — more rubbish. They gained their wealth by royal patronage and taxing and stealing from the masses. Myth 3 - the poor are poor because they’re depraved — yet more rubbish. They’re poor because of their naivety and childlike belief in, oh yes, Kings and Queens, the …
There is almost no country in Africa where it is not essential to know to which tribe, or which subgroup of which tribe, the president belongs. From this single piece of information you can trace the lines of patronage and allegiance that define the state.
In the market economy the consumers are supreme. Consumers determine, by theirbuying or abstention from buying, what should be produced, by whom and how, ofwhat quality and in what quantity. The entrepreneurs, capitalists, and landowners whofail to satisfy in the best possible and cheapest way the most urgent of the not yetsatisfied wishes of the consumers are forced to go out of business and forfeit theirpreferred position. In business offices and in laboratories the keenest…
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Appears in: CrosSynergy, NYT, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 10 times in crossword archives (1953–2009).