patronage [ˈpetrənɪdʒ,ˈpætrə-]

例句:

• Patronage of the arts comes from businesses and private individuals.
  对艺术的资助来自企业和个人。
  
• Though it was not yet noon, there was considerable patronage.
  虽然时间未到中午, 店中已有许多顾客惠顾.
  
• He has a great deal of patronage in his hands.
  他有很大的任命权.
  
• Composers have had a famously stormy relationship with patronage.
  来自THETIMES
• Walpole consolidated Whig power through a system of royal patronage.
  来自BBC
• Thank you for your continued patronage at Staples.
  来自BOINGBOING