English-Dutch translations for patronage

• cliënteel
• patronaat
  In Albanië overvalt de maffia wapenopslagplaatsen onder patronaat van de twijfelachtige Berisha en levert de wapens aan de UÇK. In Albania, the mafia is raiding arms depots under the patronage of the dubious Berisha, and is supplying weapons to the KLA.
• protectie
  Flexibiliteit en zekerheid, promotie en protectie, acceptatie en bescherming, liberalisering en regulering, dat zijn allemaal zaken die daarin zitten. It includes flexibility and security, promotion and patronage, acceptance and protection, liberalisation and regulation.

Definition of patronage

• The act of providing approval and support; backing; championship
• Customers collectively; clientele; business
• A communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient; condescension; disdain
• Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care
• The right of nomination to political office
• To support by being a patron of
• To be a regular customer or client of; to patronize

Examples

• His vigorous patronage of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives
• The restaurant had an upper-class patronage

Related words

• patron
• patronize
• patronymic
• patronym
• patronymick
• patroness
• patronising
• patronizing
• patronizer