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patronise
patronise
English
Alternative forms
- patronize (mostly US)
Verb
patronise (third-person singular simple present patronises, present participle patronising, simple past and past participle patronised)
- To make a patron
- To treat as inferior unfairly, talk down to, treat condescendingly.
- To make oneself a regular customer of a business.