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patronage
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(Noun) Yes, it's "doing business with someone," but that business tends to be of a retail nature.Usage: One might give one's patronage to a bakery; very doubtfully to the ordinary transaction windows at a commercial bank; almost never a law firm. ("My law firm is ..." - period.)
business
Usage: thank you for your patronage
(Noun) auspices
Usage: According to the narrative of the German doctor, Ferdinand Werne, the expedition attempted in 1840, under the auspices of Mehemet Ali, stopped at Gondokoro, between the fourth and fifth parallels of north latitude.
(Noun) help extended to a person continuously
Usage: Thanks for the patronage you extended to us for the past 10 years.
(Noun) doing business with someone
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