English-Spanish translations for patronage

• patrocinio
  La democracia bajo el patrocinio ruso será forzosamente incompleta, como ocurre en la propia Rusia. Democracy under Russian patronage is bound to be half-baked, just as it is in Russia itself.
  En el aspecto positivo hemos observado un florecimiento de las actividades creativas, de los intercambios culturales con el extranjero y del patrocinio de eventos culturales. On the positive side, we have noted a flourishing of creative activity, cultural exchanges abroad and patronage for cultural events.
  Como es lógico, conviene que las operaciones de pacificación y de mantenimiento de la paz sean realizadas en colaboración y bajo el patrocinio de las Naciones Unidas. Naturally, it is proper that peace-keeping and peace-making operations are about cooperation under the patronage of the United Nations.
• clientela

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