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Transpatronize :: Transpatronize (v. t.) To transfer the patronage of.

Inscription :: Inscription (n.) An address, consignment, or informal dedication, as of a book to a person, as a mark of respect or an invitation of patronage..

Patronage :: Patronage (n.) The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice; advowson.

Pap :: Pap (n.) Nourishment or support from official patronage; as, treasury pap..

Competition :: Competition (n.) The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects; strife for superiority; emulous contest; rivalry, as for approbation, for a prize, or as where two or more persons are engaged in the same business and each seeking patronage; -- followed by for before the object sought, and with before the person or thing competed with..

Patronization :: Patronization (n.) The act of patronizing; patronage; support.

Patronage :: Patronage (n.) Business custom.

Nepotism :: Nepotism (n.) Undue attachment to relations; favoritism shown to members of one's family; bestowal of patronage in consideration of relationship, rather than of merit or of legal claim..

Patronage :: Patronage (v. t.) To act as a patron of; to maintain; to defend.

Patronate :: Patronate (n.) The right or duty of a patron; patronage.

Voluntaryism :: Voluntaryism (n.) The principle of supporting a religious system and its institutions by voluntary association and effort, rather than by the aid or patronage of the state..

Patronage :: Patronage (n.) The right of nomination to political office; also, the offices, contracts, honors, etc., which a public officer may bestow by favor..

Runner :: Runner (n.) One employed to solicit patronage, as for a steamboat, hotel, shop, etc..

Patronage :: Patronage (n.) Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care..

Patronage :: Patronage (n.) Special countenance or support; favor, encouragement, or aid, afforded to a person or a work; as, the patronage of letters; patronage given to an author..

Auspice :: Auspice (a.) Protection; patronage and care; guidance.

Royal :: Royal (a.) Under the patronage of royality; holding a charter granted by the sovereign; as, the Royal Academy of Arts; the Royal Society..

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