9 letters · 20 points in Scrabble
verb assume sponsorship of
verb do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
verb treat condescendingly
originFrom patron + -ize (verb ending); or from Old French patroniser, from Medieval Latin patronizāre (“to lead a galley as patron”). Piecewise doublet of patternize.
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