Synonyms:
backing, backup, championship, patronage
Meaning: the act of providing approval and support; "his vigorous backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives"
Usage examples
Graft, corruption, and patronage had taken its toll.
"Or else Gurgurk wants them to use for patronage," Blount added.
Miss Nightingale had personally visited the former subscribers, and secured once more their help and patronage.
He procured an introduction to her, and requested her patronage in his endeavour to discover the philosopher's stone.
This servant, under the patronage of Edwards, established the first coffee-house in London, in George Yard, Lombard Street.
Mr. Jack Maldon shook hands with me; but not very warmly, I believed; and with an air of languid patronage, at which I secretly took great umbrage.
And wet territory voted dry will bring about a greatly accelerated patronage of the photoplay houses. There is every strategic reason why these two forces should patch up a truce.
As in aristocratic communities all the citizens occupy fixed positions, one above the other, the result is that each of them always sees a man above himself whose patronage is necessary to him, and below himself another man whose co-operation he may claim.
His lordship is considered one of the most accomplished noblemen of the day, and was celebrated at Rome for his patronage of the arts. Lord Montfort will shortly be united to the beautiful Miss Temple, the only daughter of the Right Honourable Pelham Temple.
In the sarcastic language of Professor McMaster, "The state debts might remain unpaid, the credit of the nation might fall, but come what might, the patronage of Congress must be drawn from New York and distributed among the grog-shops and taverns of Philadelphia."