Patronise

1 definition found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  patronise
       v 1: do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or
            client of [syn: {patronize}, {shop}, {shop at}, {buy at},
             {frequent}, {sponsor}] [ant: {boycott}, {boycott}]
       2: assume sponsorship of [syn: {sponsor}, {patronize}]
       3: treat condescendingly [syn: {patronize}, {condescend}]


       4: be a regular customer or client of; "We patronize this
          store"; "Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long
          as he could" [syn: {patronize}, {patronage}, {support}, {keep
          going}]