"patronise" meaning in English

See patronise in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈpeɪtrənaɪz/ [US], /ˈpætrənaɪz/ [UK] Audio: en-au-patronize.ogg [Australia] Forms: patronise [canonical], patronises [third-person, singular], patronised [past], patronised [past, participle], patronising [present, participle]
Etymology: patron + -ise Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|patron|ise}} patron + -ise Head templates: {{verb|patronis|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. When you patronise someone, you become a patron and you often support him/her.
    Sense id: simple-patronise-en-verb-qf7Kamlv
  2. When you patronise someone, you talk to the person as if he/she is worse off than you and you do not treat the person with much respect.
    Sense id: simple-patronise-en-verb-5IIbPcO4
  3. When you patronise a business, you become a regular customer.
    Sense id: simple-patronise-en-verb-UzcB6Ixo
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ise
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