Patronize

Definitions: Patronize

Patronize

Verb

1. Assume sponsorship of.

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

3. Treat condescendingly.

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".

Date "patronize" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1595. (references)

Note: Patronize \Pa"tron*ize\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Patronized; present participle verb or noun Patronizing.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Patronize

Synonyms: buy at (v), condescend (v), frequent (v), keep going (v), patronage (v), patronise (v), shop (v), shop at (v), sponsor (v), support (v). (additional references)

Antonym: boycott (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Aid	Second, stand by; back, back up; pay the piper, abet; work for, make interest for, stick up for, take up the cudgels for; take up the cause of, espouse the cause of, adopt the cause of; advocate, beat up for recruits, press into the service; squire, give moral support to, keep in countenance, countenance, patronize; lend oneself to, lend one's countenance to; smile upon, shine upon; favor, befriend, take in hand, enlist under the banners of; side with; (cooperate).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Patronize

English words defined with "patronize": Enpatron ♦ keep going ♦ Patrocinate, patronage, patronise ♦ support, Support arms. (references)

Specialty definitions using "patronize": MOSES. (references)

Etymologies containing "patronize": Enpatron ♦ Patrocinate ♦ Transpatronize. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Don't patronize me. I'm only 126 years old! (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe	Look closely at those who patronize you. Half are unfeeling, half untaught.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		You can protect yourself first by choosing which restaurant to patronize. (references)
Children	Nicaragua	OAS personnel in the country also noted an increase in prostitution among girls as young as 10 years of age; in rural areas, their clients are often truck drivers and other travelers, including foreigners, who patronize prostitutes in towns along the Pan American Highway. (references)
Civil Liberties	Thailand	The Constitution requires the Government "to patronize and protect Buddhism and other religions." The Government subsidizes the activities of the three largest religious communities (Buddhist, Islamic, and Christian). (references)
Travel	Oman	Western visitors are unlikely to patronize the local, non-air conditioned bus or collective taxi system in Muscat. (references)
Women	Cuba	Press reports indicated that tourists from various countries visited specifically to patronize inexpensive prostitutes. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Herbert C. Hoover	1929-1933	For our citizens to patronize the violation of a particular law on the ground that they are opposed to it is destructive of the very basis of all that protection of life, of homes and property which they rightly claim under other laws.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Patronize" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 77.78% of the time. "Patronize" is used about 36 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	77.78%	28	65,706
Lexical Verb (base form)	22.22%	8	124,375
Total	100.00%	36	N/A

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "patronize"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		përkrah (advance, back, bolster, buttress, champion, encourage, espouse, Favor, favour, hug, promote, prop up, protect, root for, side with, stand up for, stick up for, support, take smb.'s part, upbear, uphold), marr në mbrojtje (plead a cause), begenis (condescend, deign, stoop). (various references)

Arabic		‏ناصر (befriend, champion, help, side, stand by, stand up for, support), ‏حمى (advocate, anneal, broil, buckler, bulwark, conserve, cover, defend, diet, fence, fever, feverish, guard, haven, heat, overheating, protect, safeguard, shelter, stove, superheat, vindicate, warm up), ‏تفضل عليه, ‏تعامل مع (treat), ‏تردد على (go about, haunt, high frequency, resort), ‏ساند (favor, favour, sponsor, sustain), ‏عامل بتسامح, ‏عاضد, ‏رعى (cherish, cultivate, foster, grass, groom, heed, inculcate, nurse, nurture, pasture, see to, shepherd, sponsor, take care of, tend). (various references)

Bulgarian		клиент съм на, гледам от високо на, отнасям се снизходително към, постоянен посетител съм на, покровителствувам (favour, guard, protect, screen, tolerate), подкрепям (aid, back, back up, bear out, bolster, buttress, carry through, corroborate, countenance, enlist, give a hand, piece in, promote, prop up, refresh, second, stand by, stand to, stick by, stick up for, support, sustain, take up, undergird, underlie, underpin, uphold, verify, weigh in with), подпомагам (advantage, aid, back, boost, facilitate, forward, further, get along, help, help on, help up, nurse, promote, prosper, relieve, set forward, subserve, succor, succour, support). (various references)

Chinese		光顾 (Patronage, Patronized, Patronizing). (various references)

Czech		podporovat (back, back up, encourage, Foster, further, hold up, promote, side, sponsor, support, sustain, uphold), přát (bid), jednat blahosklonnì, chránit (defend, guard, police, preserve, protect, screen, shade, shelter, shield, ward). (various references)

Farsi		مشتری شدن , نگهداری کردن (Conserve, Keep, Maintain, Protect, Upkeep, Ward), تشویق کردن (Cheer, Countenance, Encourage, Eulogize, Grace), رءیس واررفتارکردن . (various references)

Finnish		suosia (favour, support). (various references)

French		protéger, patronner (pattern), traiter avec condescendance, se fournir cher, fréquenter, donner sa clientèle � . (various references)

German		unterstützen (abet, aid, back, encourage, further, lean, maintain, promote, prop up, provide, second, speak for, sponsor, subsidize, support, sustain, to abet, to back, to facilitate, to relieve, to second, to stand by, to support, uphold), herablassend behandeln, gönnernd behandeln, fördern (accelerate, aid, assist, avail, boost, convey, demand, encourage, expedite, extract, facilitate, forward, Foster, further, help, increase, mine, produce, promote, speed up, sponsor, stimulate, to assist, to convey, to encourage, to expedite, to further, to patronize, to support), besuchen (attend, call on, go to, see, to attend, to come to see, to go and see, to visit, visit), benutzen (employ, make use of, take advantage of, turn to account, use, using, utilize). (various references)

Greek		υποστηρίζω (assert, back, back up, befriend, bolster, contend, countenance, maintain, predicate, prop, second, shore, sponsor, stand by, stand up for, submit, support, sustain, underpin, uphold), είμαι πελάτησ. (various references)

Hebrew		לתת חסות (sponsor). (various references)

Hungarian		pártfogol (Favor, favour, to favor, to favour, to patronize, to take up), oltalmaz (guard, protect, provide protection, safeguard, shelter, stand up for, to fence, to fend, to protect, to safeguard, to screen, to shelter, to shield, to ward). (various references)

Italian		proteggere (cover, defend, Favor, favour, guard, muffle, overshadow, patronise, preserve, promote, protect, scorers, screen, shade, shelter, shield, take care, ward), patrocinare (advocate, defend, patronise, plead, sponsor, support), frequentare (associate with, date, frequent, go often to, go round with, haunt, patronise, rub shoulder, see one another), favorire (accommodate, encourage, favor, favour, Foster, further, grace, help, patronise, promote, support), essere cliente (patronise), condiscendere (condescend, patronise), appoggiare (abet, countenance, forward, lay, lean, patronise, prop, rely, rest, stand, support, sustain). (various references)

Manx		jannoo patroonys, jannoo guilley jeh. (various references)

Pig Latin		atronizepay

Portuguese		protetora (protectress), patrocinar (act as patron, champion, defend, further on, protect, support), auxiliar (abet, accessorial, accomodate, adjunct, adjuvant, aid, ancillary, assist, assistant, auxilary, auxiliary, avail, back, cad, candle holder, Favor, favour, friend, hand, hand back, handy man, help, helper, lend an ear, minister, ministerial, preventer, protect, relieve, second, secondary, subsidiary, succor, succour, support), apadrinhar (godfather), amparar (abet, defend, protect, shield, support, sustain). (various references)

Romanian		patrona (chaperon, sponsor), trata cu un aer patronal, sprijini (abet, back, bear, bolster, boost, brace, buttress, carry, carry through, countenance, encourage, endorse, forward, ground, help, lean, line up behind, prop, recline, rest, second, speed, sponsor, stay, strike a blow for, strut, superinduce, support, take up the cudgels for, uphold), ocroti (befriend, cradle, defend, Foster, safeguard, shelter, shield), fi un client, favoriza (abet, advantage, conduce, encourage, Favor, favour, forward, further, grace, increase, prosper, speed, support), ceda clientelã. (various references)

Russian		покровительствовать (patronized, philanthropize, protect). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		potpomagati (support), posećivati (visit), popovati, snishodljivo se ophoditi, ophoditi se (behave), štititi (advocate, protect, shield). (various references)

Spanish		patrocinar (protect, sponsor), tratar con condescendencia, ser cliente de, fomentar (advance, brew, develop, drum up, encourage, farther, foment, Foster, further, nourish, promote, push, sponsor, work up), favorecer (advantage, back, bring on, favor, favour, flatter, forward, look with favor on, look with favour on, prosper, stimulate, subserve). (various references)

Swedish		vara kund hos, gynna (advance, befriend, Favor, favour, further, promote, support), frekventera (frequent, resort), beskydda (guard, protect), behandla nedlåtande. (various references)

Turkish		tenezzül etmek (condescend, deign, please, stoop, vouchsafe), müşterisi olmak, korumak (buffer, charm, cocoon, conserve, convoy, cover, defend, embosom, embower, encourage, escort, fence, guard, indemnify, keep, keep guard, maintain, preserve, protect, safeguard, save, screen, secure, shade, shelter, shield, spare, sponsor, vindicate, ward), küçük görmek (be disdainful of, belittle, disparage, look down, look down on, look down one's nose at, misprize, underestimate, underrate, upstage), faydası dokunmak, desteklemek (advocate, assist, back up, bear out, bear smb. out, bolster, bolster up, brace, buoy, buttress, champion, countenance, encourage, endorse, Favor, favour, fortify, give a leg up, give countenance to, go along with, help forward, hold up, identify, indorse, keep smb. in countenance, lend countenance to, logroll, nourish, promote, prop, root for, second, shore, sponsor, spoonfeed, stake, stanchion, stand, stand by, start, stick up for, strengthen, subordinate, support, sustain, underpin, uphold), büyüklük taslamak. (various references)

Turkmen		hossarlyk etmek (protect). (various references)

Ukranian		ставитися зверхньо, опікуватися, опікувати (have in tow), бути постійним відвідувачем. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	patrocinor. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "patronize": patronized, patronizes. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Patronize" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: paronize, partonize, patrinize, Patronale, patronise, patronnise, petrofisi, petronize, platonize. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "patronize" (pronounced pā"trunī'z)
5	-r u n ī' z	synchronize.
4	-u n ī' z	agonize, aluminize, antagonize, balkanize, carbonize, colonize, communize, demonize, disorganize, euthanize, galvanize, harmonize, hellenize, homogenize, humanize, ionize, lionize, mechanize, organize, reorganize, revolutionize, scrutinize, suburbanize, unionize, urbanize, womanize.
3	-n ī' z	fraternize, immunize, ironize, modernize, recognize, westernize.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-i-n-o-p-r-t-z"
	-1 letter: atropine, notarize, topazine.
	-2 letters: atropin, operant, painter, pertain, pointer, pronate, protean, protein, repaint, tropine.
	-3 letters: aroint, arpent, atoner, enrapt, entrap, epizoa, norite, opiate, orient, ornate, orpine, panier, pantie, panzer, parent, parton, patine, patron, patzer, pineta, pirate, pointe, potzer, protea, protei, pterin, rapine, ratine, ration, retain, retina, tarpon, teopan, tonier, trepan, tropin, zanier, zeatin, zonate.
	-4 letters: antre, aport, apron, apter, arpen, atone, atrip, azine, azote, entia, inapt, inept, inert, inter, intro, irate, irone, nertz, netop, niter, nitre, nitro, noria, noter, oaten, oater, opera, opine, orate, orpin, paeon, paint, panto, pareo, paten, pater, patin, patio, peart, piano, pieta, pinot, pinta, pinto, piton, point, prate, print, prion, prize, prone, ratio, repin, repot, retia, riant, ripen, taper, tapir, tenia, tenor, terai, tinea, toner, topaz, toper, train, trine, tripe, trona, trone, trope, zaire, zoner.
	-5 letters: aeon, aero, airn, airt, ante, anti, aper, atop, azon, earn, etna, inro, into, iota, iron, izar, naoi, nape, nazi, neap, near, neat, nipa, nite, noir, nope, nori, nota, note, open, pain, pair, pane, pant, pare, part, pate, pean, pear, peat, pein, pent, peon, peri, pert, pian, pier, pina, pine, pint, pion, pirn, pita, poet, pone, pore, porn, port, prao, prat, prez, proa, rain, rani, rant, rape, rapt, rate, rato, raze, reap, rein, rent, repo, riot, ripe, rite, ritz, roan, rope, rota, rote, roti, tain, tape, tare, tarn, taro, tarp, tear, tepa, tern, tier, tine, tire, tiro, toea, tone, tope, topi, tora, tore, tori, torn, trap, trio, trip, trop, tzar, zein, zero, zeta, zoea, zone, zori.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-i-n-o-p-r-t-z"
	+1 letter: patronized, patronizes.
	+3 letters: azathioprine, privatdozent.
	+4 letters: azathioprines, periodization, privatdozents, pulverization, temporalizing, temporization.
	+5 letters: conceptualizer, depolarization, pasteurization, periodizations, polymerization, pressurization, proletarianize, pulverizations, repolarization, temporizations.
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