- sponsor: assume sponsorship of
- do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
- treat condescendingly
- (patronized) having patronage or clients; "street full of flourishing well-patronized shops"
- (patronizing) arch: (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension
- To make a patron; To assume a tone of unjustified superiority; to talk down to; to treat condescendingly; To make oneself a customer of a business, especially a regular customer
- (patronization) patronizing behaviour or talk
- (patronizing) offensive condescending
- (patronized) (1) LOOK-DOWN-ON"th" pointed to self. (2) [B] strokes side of head.