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Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations

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S: (n) backing (backing%1:04:00::), backup (backup%1:04:00::), championship (championship%1:04:00::), patronage (patronage%1:04:00::) (the act of providing approval and support) "his vigorous backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives"
S: (n) clientele (clientele%1:14:00::), patronage (patronage%1:14:00::), business (business%1:14:01::) (customers collectively) "they have an upper class clientele"

S: (n) people (people%1:14:00::) ((plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively) "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience"

S: (n) group (group%1:03:00::), grouping (grouping%1:03:00::) (any number of entities (members) considered as a unit)

S: (n) abstraction (abstraction%1:03:00::), abstract entity (abstract_entity%1:03:00::) (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)

S: (n) entity (entity%1:03:00::) (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))

W: (v) patronage (patronage%2:32:00::) [Related to: patronage] (be a regular customer or client of) "We patronize this store"; "Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as he could"

S: (n) condescension (condescension%1:10:00::), disdain (disdain%1:10:00::), patronage (patronage%1:10:00::) (a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient)
S: (n) patronage (patronage%1:04:01::) ((politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support)
S: (n) trade (trade%1:04:01::), patronage (patronage%1:04:02::) (the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers) "even before noon there was a considerable patronage"

S: (v) patronage (patronage%2:34:00::) (support by being a patron of)
S: (v) patronize (patronize%2:32:00::), patronise (patronise%2:32:00::), patronage (patronage%2:32:00::), support (support%2:32:02::), keep going (keep_going%2:32:00::) (be a regular customer or client of) "We patronize this store"; "Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as he could"