Nonpatronage
adj, noun
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Failure to patronize a business. uncountable
"A third practice outlawed is discrimination against shippers as punishment for nonpatronage."
Adjective
- 1 Not patronage, or not related to patronage. not-comparable
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From non- + patronage.
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