patronize

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (transitive) To act as a patron of; to defend, protect, or support.
2. (transitive) To make oneself a customer of a business, especially a regular customer.
3. (transitive) To assume a tone of unjustified superiority toward; to talk down to, to treat condescendingly.
4. (obsolete, transitive) To blame, to reproach.

Sinonieme

sponsor

support

patronise

protect

condescend

maintain

frequent

favour

countenance

help

keep going

back

🔙

aid

encourage

shop

assist

sustain

patronage

uphold

buy at

shop at

prop

prop up

provide

second

2nd

shore

stand by

stand up for

sway

underpin

talk down

patrocinate

absorb

assert

back up

bankroll

befriend

bolster

bring up

contend

domineer

finance

financier

foster

fund

go

haunt

influence

lend a hand

nourish

predicate

promote

Vertalings

patrocinar

patrocinare

prendre de haut

steunen

sponsorizzare

beschermen

protéger

sponsor

bevormunden

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈpætɹənaɪz/

Etimologie (Engels)

From patron + -ize (verb ending); or from Old French patroniser, from Medieval Latin patronisāre (“to lead a galley as patron”).