patronise

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patronise - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]