Patronage

клиенту́ра

klijentúra

(customers collectively; clientele; business)

патрона́ж

patronáž

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

покрови́тельство

pokrovítelʹstvo

(guardianship, as of a saint)

попечи́тельство

popečítelʹstvo

(the act of providing approval and support)

проте́кция

protɛ́kcija

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

снисходи́тельность

snisxodítelʹnostʹ

(a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient)

ше́фство

šéfstvo

(the act of providing approval and support)