merchandise vs patronage

merchandise

verb
  • To promote as if for sale. 

  • To engage in in-store promotion of the sale of. 

  • To engage in in-store promotion of the sale of goods, as by display and arrangement of goods. 

noun
  • Goods which are or were offered or intended for sale. 

  • Commercial goods connected (branded) with an entity such as a team, band, company, charity, work of fiction, festival, or meme. (Commonly shortened to merch.) 

patronage

verb
  • To support by being a patron of. 

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

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

  • Customers collectively; clientele; 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. 

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