patronise

Verb

Meaning

do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of

treat condescendingly

be a regular customer or client of

assume sponsorship of

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

support frequent shop patronage sponsor condescend keep going shop at buy at back help aid promote buy assist
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Antonyms

boycott hold prevent hobble block harm
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Hypernyms

support foster interact nurture back up

Hyponyms

cosponsor stoop to

Anagrams

isopteran peronista Petrosian spirotane

Examples

We patronize this store Source: Internet

Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as he could Source: Internet

According to him, the department has variously conducted trainings, monitoring of LPG outlets and issued warnings to members of the public not to patronise the illegal operators. Source: Internet

Don’t patronise your users, because no one likes that; but don’t leave them to fend for themselves, either – show them a bit of cybersecurity love and you are very likely to find that they repay it. Source: Internet

Despite temperatures in the mid-forties, customers continue to patronise restaurants and bars in the Wicker Park neighbourhood on November 11, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois. Source: Internet

He began to make wagers and then to patronise and play the sport, even forming his own team on several occasions. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

patroness patronisable patronisation patronised patroniser patronising