Patronise is an English word with synonyms like patronize or support. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Patronise meaning
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of patronize.
Synonyms of Patronise
Using Patronise
- The main meaning on this page is: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of patronize.
- Useful related words include: patronize, support, sponsor, boycott.
- In the example corpus, patronise often appears in combinations such as: to patronise, patronise the, patronise local.
Context around Patronise
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 8 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Patronise
- In this selection, "patronise" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, now, shows, banking, slay and restaurants stand out and add context to how "patronise" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include class to patronise the fair and community to patronise the river. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "patronise" sits close to words such as abaribe, abbasids and abstentions, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with patronise
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
They will always patronise the company that courts them to buy. (11 words)
They accused the federal government of reneging on its promise to patronise local manufacturers. (14 words)
Many people condemn this act in the morning but patronise slay queens in the night. (15 words)
Don’t patronise your users, because no one likes that; but don’t leave them to fend for themselves, either – show them a bit of cybersecurity love and you are very likely to find that they repay it. (38 words)
The artist said the show will accord him an opportunity to impress his old and new fans, adding that at Rock City people who do not normally frequent music shows patronise the place. (33 words)
Speaking on the decline, a capital market analyst, Wole Sam Adeyeye, attributed the performance to the absence of foreign investors who patronise banking stocks because of the high regulations of the sector. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
Although some independent marketers increased their pump price to between N200 and N300 per litre, motorists, tricycles and commercial bus drivers have continued to patronise them.
Oswalds is quite a change from the sort of club Prince William and his friends used to patronise.
Speaking on the decline, a capital market analyst, Wole Sam Adeyeye, attributed the performance to the absence of foreign investors who patronise banking stocks because of the high regulations of the sector.
Many people condemn this act in the morning but patronise slay queens in the night.
They will always patronise the company that courts them to buy.
According to him, the department has variously conducted trainings, monitoring of LPG outlets and issued warnings to members of the public not to patronise the illegal operators.
Considering the challenges of this period when we have the border closed, a lot of people now patronise the same partner.
Despite temperatures in the mid-forties, customers continue to patronise restaurants and bars in the Wicker Park neighbourhood on November 11, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois.
Don’t patronise your users, because no one likes that; but don’t leave them to fend for themselves, either – show them a bit of cybersecurity love and you are very likely to find that they repay it.
He encouraged the people to patronise the proposed Akyem Technical and Vocational Training Institute when established in the Birim North District to build on their skills.
The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, exhibited its disdain for made-in Nigeria products as it refused to patronise locally made vehicles for members’ oversight.
Uba urged the stakeholder including captains of industries and the business community to patronise the river port and make the dream a reality.
Unlike most men in politics, who when a woman expresses an opinion have a marked tendency to patronise, Dom didn’t.
Also, a rice seller, Alhaja urged the Federal Government to encourage the public to patronise local rice and stop discriminating against it.
He invited local and foreign tourists and the business class to patronise the fair, saying its cultural components would help rekindle the spirit of patriotism among Ghanaians.
In order to demonstrate its unflinching support for locally manufactured goods, the Federal Government rolled out an Executive Order compelling the MDAs and others to patronise made-in-Nigeria goods.
Our over-dependence on imported products will dwindle, thereby growing our economy and promoting our local content if we as Nigerians will patronise made-in-Nigeria products.
Prof. Sallar urged students who could not patronise this year’s edition to make themselves available for the next one.
The artist said the show will accord him an opportunity to impress his old and new fans, adding that at Rock City people who do not normally frequent music shows patronise the place.
They accused the federal government of reneging on its promise to patronise local manufacturers.
Common combinations with patronise
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to patronise 21×
- patronise the 12×
- patronise local 3×
- patronise made-in-nigeria 2×