patronize
pronunciation
How to pronounce patronize in British English:
UK [ˈpætrənaɪz]
How to pronounce patronize in American English:
US [ˈpeɪtrənaɪz]
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- Verb:
- assume sponsorship of
- do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
- treat condescendingly
- be a regular customer or client of
Word Origin
- patronize (v.)
- 1580s, "to act as a patron towards," from patron + -ize, or from Old French patroniser. Meaning "treat in a condescending way" is first attested 1797; sense of "give regular business to" is from 1801. Related: Patronized; patronizing.
Example
- 1. I go out of my way to patronize a dentist who has excellent communication skills .
- 2. I really want to go patronize every day xd .
- 3. The world is just ; it may , it does , patronize quacks ; but itnever puts them on a level with true men .
- 4. Most social coupon users just purchase a multitude of social coupons and will patronize the place they have coupon for .
- 5. Written by researchers from new zealand 's university of wellington and published recently in the journal futures , the paper predicts that in the decades to come , humans will patronize robot-staffed brothels , freeing them from the guilt associated with visiting a flesh-and-blood prostitute .