Patronage



noun
1.
(sponsorship; clientele; customers; business trade protection; support; encouragement act of being a regular customer, power to control appointments to office) ការការពារ, ការគាំពារ, បរិបាលភាព patronage of a restaurant ការទៅទិញ ។ល។ patronage of the arts ការឧបត្ដម្ភ (បរិបាលកិច្ច), an air of patronage ការធ្វើធំចេះជាងឬពូកែជាង
2.
(បច្ចេកទេស) ការគាំទ្រ, បរិបាលកិច្ច, សិទ្ធិអំណាចសម្រាប់ប្រទានយសសក្តិ
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
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.
2.
Business custom.
3.
Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care.
4.
The right of nomination to political office; also, the offices, contracts, honors, etc., which a public officer may bestow by favor.
5.
The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice; advowson.
verb
1.
(TRANSITIVE) To act as a patron of; to maintain; to defend.