market vs patronage

market

noun
  • A group of potential customers for one's product. 

  • A gathering of people for the purchase and sale of merchandise at a set time, often periodic. 

  • A grocery store 

  • A formally organized, sometimes monopolistic, system of trading in specified goods or effects. 

  • City square or other fairly spacious site where traders set up stalls and buyers browse the merchandise. 

  • A geographical area where a certain commercial demand exists. 

  • The sum total traded in a process of individuals trading for certain commodities. 

verb
  • To make (products or services) available for sale and promote them. 

  • To sell. 

  • To shop in a market; to attend a market. 

  • To deal in a market; to buy or sell; to make bargains for provisions or goods. 

patronage

noun
  • Customers collectively; clientele; business. 

  • The act or state of being a customer of some business. 

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

  • The right of nomination to political office. 

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

  • The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice; advowson. 

  • Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care. 

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

verb
  • To support by being a patron of. 

  • To be a regular customer or client of; to patronize 

How often have the words market and patronage occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )