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    Patronage is the support, usually money but sometimes influence or protection, that a patron gives to a person, artist, business, or cause. Historically, rich patrons paid artists and writers so they could keep working; today, you might read about a company's "patronage" of the arts, meaning financial support.

    Patronagepatronage這個字 is the support指的是一種支持，usually money but sometimes influence or protection通常是金錢，但有時候是影響力或保護，that a patron gives to a person, artist, business, or cause是贊助者給個人、藝術家、企業或某個理念的。Historically以前，rich patrons paid artists and writers有錢的贊助者會付錢給藝術家和作家，so they could keep working讓他們可以繼續創作；today現在，you might read about a company's 'patronage' of the arts你可能會看到某公司對藝術的「patronage」，meaning financial support意思就是金錢上的贊助。

    In business, "patronage" can also simply mean the customers who regularly use a shop or service ("thank you for your patronage" is a polite, slightly formal way of saying "thank you for being our customer").

    In business在商業上，'patronage' can also simply mean the customers who regularly use a shop or service「patronage」也可以單純指常光顧一家店或服務的顧客（'thank you for your patronage'「thank you for your patronage」 is a polite, slightly formal way of saying是一種比較客氣正式的說法，'thank you for being our customer'意思就是「謝謝你成為我們的顧客」）。

    There's also a political sense: giving jobs or favors to supporters, which can carry a negative feeling of .

    There's also a political sense還有一個政治上的用法：giving jobs or favors to supporters把職位或好處給支持者，which can carry a negative feeling of unfairness帶有不公平的負面意味。

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組成"Patron" (someone who gives support) plus "-age," an ending that makes it into a general noun.

同家族的字

  • patronthe person who gives this kind of support

原始詞典資料11 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

patronagenoun/ˈpeɪtɹənɪd͡ʒ/

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    The act of providing approval and support; backing; championship.

    • His vigorous patronage of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives.
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    Customers collectively; clientele; business.

    • The restaurant had an upper-class patronage.
    • The improved service to and from Taunton is fully justified by the passenger patronage to and from this town, which is a railhead for a large surrounding area.
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    The act or state of being a customer of some business.

    • The restaurant had "Thank you for your patronage!" printed on its take-out bags.
  • 4

    A communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient; condescension; disdain.

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    governmentpoliticsGranting favours or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support.

    • Patronage, nepotism, cronyism, abuse of power, and criminal activity flourish, sometimes for decades, in numerous town halls, police stations, and special-purpose government agencies in the suburbs.
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    Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care.

    • Each of the Arts whose office is to refine, purify, adorn, embellish and grace life is under the patronage of a Muse, no god being found worthy to preside over them.
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    The right of nomination to political office.

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    lawThe right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice; advowson.

    • Advowson is the right of presentation to a church, or ecclesiastical benefice. Advowson, advocatio, signifies the taking into protection; and therefore is synonymous with patronage
另外 1 個記錄的用法
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    Patronising speech or behaviour.

    • The housekeeper, a very decorative brunette of thirty-five with a pseudo-English accent, greeted him with a mixture of grateful effusion and condescending patronage.

patronageverb/ˈpeɪtɹənɪd͡ʒ/

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    To support by being a patron of.

    • Mingdi continued the policy of his father who had patronaged Confucian learning.
    • Table 5.4 reveals the role of criminal gangs’ patron under each crime category. From this, we can understand that 74 percent of the mercenaries are patronaged and supported by the politicians either of the ruling or opposition party.
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    To be a regular customer or client of; to patronize

    • This house is largely patronaged by the professors and students of many of the Educational Institutions of New England and the Middle States; and all perons visiting New York, either for business or pleasure, will find this an excellent place at which to stop.
    • Mr. F. A. Welch, of the Oak View Poultry Farm, Salem, starts an add with us this issue. […] Our readers will be treated well, if they patronage Mr. Welch.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。