from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
patronise
v 1: do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or
client of [syn: {patronize}, {patronise}, {shop}, {shop
at}, {buy at}, {frequent}, {sponsor}] [ant: {boycott}]
2: assume sponsorship of [syn: {sponsor}, {patronize},
{patronise}]
3: treat condescendingly [syn: {patronize}, {patronise},
{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}, {patronise}, {patronage},
{support}, {keep going}]