Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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patronage

. 1. The giving of support, sponsorship, or protection. 2. All the customers of a business; clientele. 3. The power to appoint persons to governmental positions or to confer other political favors. - Also termed (in sense 3) political patronage. See SPOILS SYSTEM.