| slovo | definícia |
patronize
(encz) | patronize,podporovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
patronize
(encz) | patronize,poučovat v: Pino |
Patronize
(gcide) | Patronize \Pa"tron*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Patronized; p.
pr. & vb. n. Patronizing.]
1. To act as patron toward; to support; to countenance; to
favor; to aid.
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The idea has been patronized by two States only.
--A. Hamilton.
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2. To trade with customarily; to frequent as a customer.
[Commercial Cant]
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3. 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.
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patronize
(wn) | patronize
v 1: assume sponsorship of [syn: sponsor, patronize,
patronise]
2: do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or
client of [syn: patronize, patronise, shop, shop at,
buy at, frequent, sponsor] [ant: boycott]
3: treat condescendingly [syn: patronize, patronise,
condescend]
4: be a regular customer or client of; "We patronize this
store"; "Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as
he could" [syn: patronize, patronise, patronage,
support, keep going] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
patronized
(encz) | patronized,podporoval v: Zdeněk Brož |
patronizer
(encz) | patronizer, |
unpatronized
(encz) | unpatronized, adj: |
Impatronize
(gcide) | Impatronize \Im*pat"ron*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Impatronized; p. pr. & vb. n. Impatronizing.]
To make lord or master; as, to impatronize one's self of a
seigniory. [R.] --Bacon.
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Impatronized
(gcide) | Impatronize \Im*pat"ron*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Impatronized; p. pr. & vb. n. Impatronizing.]
To make lord or master; as, to impatronize one's self of a
seigniory. [R.] --Bacon.
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Patronize
(gcide) | Patronize \Pa"tron*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Patronized; p.
pr. & vb. n. Patronizing.]
1. To act as patron toward; to support; to countenance; to
favor; to aid.
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The idea has been patronized by two States only.
--A. Hamilton.
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2. To trade with customarily; to frequent as a customer.
[Commercial Cant]
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3. 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.
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Patronized
(gcide) | Patronize \Pa"tron*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Patronized; p.
pr. & vb. n. Patronizing.]
1. To act as patron toward; to support; to countenance; to
favor; to aid.
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The idea has been patronized by two States only.
--A. Hamilton.
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2. To trade with customarily; to frequent as a customer.
[Commercial Cant]
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3. 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.
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Patronizer
(gcide) | Patronizer \Pa"tron*i`zer\, n.
One who patronizes.
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Transpatronize
(gcide) | Transpatronize \Trans*pat"ron*ize\, v. t. [Trans- + patronize.]
To transfer the patronage of. [Obs.] --Warner.
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Unpatronized
(gcide) | Unpatronized \Unpatronized\
See patronized. |
patronized
(wn) | patronized
adj 1: having patronage or clients; "street full of flourishing
well-patronized shops" [syn: patronized, patronised]
[ant: patronless, unpatronised, unpatronized] |
unpatronized
(wn) | unpatronized
adj 1: having little patronage or few clients; "a restaurant
unpatronized by the elite" [syn: unpatronized,
unpatronised, patronless] [ant: patronised,
patronized] |
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