[] () the support that customers give to a business by spending money there光顾；惠顾◆a discount system that rewards customers for their continued patronage常客折扣制度◆The restaurant's patronage declined by more than 70%.餐馆的上座率下降了 70% 以上。support, especially financial support, given to an organization such as a charity by an individual or a company赞助；支援◆her generous patronage of the arts她对艺术的慷慨赞助a system by which an important person gives help or a job to sb in return for their support保护；庇护◆He is only still in his job because of the patronage of the company's controlling shareholder.他至今未被免职不过是因为公司控股股东的庇护。