Granting favours or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support.
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.
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.
To support by being a patron of.
To be a regular customer or client of; to patronize
Aid or assistance offered in time of need.
The feeling associated with the removal of stress or discomfort.
Release from a post or duty, as when replaced by another.
A type of sculpture or other artwork in which shapes or figures protrude from a flat background.
A certain fine or composition paid by the heir of a tenant upon the death of the ancestor.
A lowering of a tax through special provisions; tax relief.
The apparent difference in elevation in the surface of a painting or drawing made noticeable by a variation in light or color.
The removal of stress or discomfort.
The supposed projection of a charge from the surface of a field, indicated by shading on the sinister and lower sides.
Court-ordered compensation, aid, or protection, a redress.
The person who takes over a shift for another.
The difference of elevations on a surface.
Characterized by surface inequalities.
Of or used in letterpress.