The act of providing approval and support; backing; championship.
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.
To support by being a patron of.
To be a regular customer or client of; to patronize
An advancement in rank or position.
An event intended to increase the reach or image of a product or brand.
Transformation of a pawn into a piece (by reaching the opponent's back rank).
Dissemination of information in order to increase its popularity.
Forward motion. (Contrast remotion.)