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To patronize is to be a customer (or patron) of a business or other establishment. In this sense, patronize most often means to be a paying customer, especially a regular one. However, you can patronize establishments that are not businesses—you can patronize a library, for example.
type of: support. support materially or financially. verb. be a regular customer or client of. “We patronize this store”. synonyms: keep going, patronage, patronise, support. keep going, run on. continue uninterrupted.
2 days ago · 1. to act as a patron toward; sponsor; support. 2. to be kind or helpful to, but in a haughty or snobbish way, as if dealing with an inferior. 3. to be a regular customer of (a store, merchant, etc.)
[transitive] patronize somebody/something to help a particular person, organization or activity by giving them money. She patronizes many contemporary British artists. See patronize in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
to speak or behave towards someone as if you were better than them: Don't patronize me! I know what I'm doing. patronize verb [T] (GO OFTEN) to go to a store, business, etc, especially if you go regularly. (Definition of patronize from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of patronize.
[transitive] patronize somebody/something to help a particular person, organization, or activity by giving them money She patronizes many contemporary American artists. See patronize in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Check pronunciation: patronize. Definition of patronize verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary.
The meaning of PATRONIZING is showing or characterized by a superior attitude towards others : marked by condescension. How to use patronizing in a sentence.
