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nonpatronage

adj

Etymology

From non- + patronage.

  1. derived from patronage
  2. inherited from patronage
  3. prefixed as nonpatronage — “non + patronage”

Definitions

  1. Not patronage, or not related to patronage.

    • And, it may be granted, the membership, as often in Europe, is recruited on a nonpatronage basis and on a large enough scale so as to go well beyond the limited ranks of potential candidates for elective office.
    • "A lot of people in the black community don't have a feel for progressive versus nonprogressive government or patronage versus nonpatronage or fiscal conservatism versus free spending.

  2. Failure to patronize a business.

    • A third practice outlawed is discrimination against shippers as punishment for nonpatronage.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA