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Meaning of patronise

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  patronise
      v 1: do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or
           client of [syn: {patronize}, {patronise}, {shop}, {shop
           at}, {buy at}, {frequent}, {sponsor}] [ant: {boycott}]
      2: assume sponsorship of [syn: {sponsor}, {patronize},
         {patronise}]
      3: treat condescendingly [syn: {patronize}, {patronise},
         {condescend}]
      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" [syn: {patronize}, {patronise}, {patronage},
         {support}, {keep going}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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