āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
patronize
/pËatÉšÉnËaÉĒz/
patronise
to patronize
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āĻĒā§āώā§āĻ āĻĒā§āώāĻāϤāĻž āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāϰā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧāϤāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ
to support or sponsor a person, organization, or cause, often by providing financial assistance
Transitive: to patronize a person, organization, or cause
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company chose to patronize the community center, contributing to its development.
āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻā§ āĻĒā§āώā§āĻ āĻĒā§āώāĻāϤāĻž āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāύā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§, āĻāϰ āĻāύā§āύāϝāĻŧāύ⧠āĻ
āĻŦāĻĻāĻžāύ āϰā§āĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
02
āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāϤ āϝāĻžāϤāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϤ āĻāϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻā§āϰāĻžāĻšāĻ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to frequently buy meals, goods, etc. from a restaurant, store, etc.
Transitive: to patronize a business
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She prefers to patronize small, family-owned stores.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰā§āϰ āĻŽāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻāĻžāύāĻžāϧā§āύ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāύāĻā§āϞāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĒā§āώā§āĻ āĻĒā§āώāĻāϤāĻž āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻāύā§āĻĻ āĻāϰā§āύāĨ¤
03
āϤā§āĻā§āĻ āϤāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āϝ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āώā§āĻ āĻĒā§āώāĻāϤāĻž āĻāϰāĻž
to speak or behave in a way that implies that one is more knowledgeable, experienced, or intelligent than the other person
Transitive: to patronize sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I feel she is patronizing me by her constant attempts to explain things to me as if I'm incapable of understanding.
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāύ⧠āĻāϰāĻŋ āϏ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻ
āĻŦāĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰāĻā§ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ
āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž, āϝā§āύ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻāϤ⧠āĻ
āĻā§āώāĻŽāĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
patronized
patronizing
patronize
patron
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