Patronage

clientèle

(customers collectively; clientele; business)

clientélisme

(granting favours or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support)

mécénat

(the act of providing approval and support)

parrainage

(the act of providing approval and support)

patronage

(granting favours or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support)

patronage

(guardianship, as of a saint)

patronage

(legal: right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice)

soutien

(the act of providing approval and support)