patronages
Support from benefactors
Patronages is the plural of patronage, which covers several related ideas about support and power.
In its oldest sense, patronage is the support or sponsorship that a wealthy or influential person provides to artists, institutions, or causes: The museum thrives on the patronages of local philanthropists.
It also refers to the customers or clientele of a business, or the power to appoint people to positions, especially government jobs—a system often criticized when it rewards loyalty over merit.
Paid support agreements
- donationsGifts to organizations
- benefactionsCharitable donations or gifts
- endowmentsDonated assets yielding income
- grantsAwarded funds for purposes
contributions · subsidies · backing · philanthropy · gifts · bequests · charities · foundations
People who purchase goods
- clienteleCollective body of customers
- businessCommercial activity or occupation
- customHabitual group practice
- tradeExchange of commodities
loyalty · regulars · frequenting · establishments · shoppers · consumers · purchases · spending
Scheduled times for meetings
- nepotismPreferring kin in hiring
- cronyismFavoring friends in appointments
- favorsPreferences or courtesies
- spoilsSeized war gains
sinecures · machines · bosses · wards · precincts · loyalty · allies · networks
Payments for services rendered
- collectorsThose who systematically acquire
- galleriesSpaces for displaying art
- MediciFlorentine banking dynasty
- RenaissanceEuropean cultural reawakening
artists · museums · acquisitions · exhibitions · cultural · masterworks · ateliers · studios
sponsorships
Paid support agreements
- donationsGifts to organizations
- benefactionsCharitable donations or gifts
- endowmentsDonated assets yielding income
grants · contributions · subsidies · backing · philanthropy · gifts · bequests · charities · foundations · stipends
customers
People who purchase goods
- clienteleCollective body of customers
- businessCommercial activity or occupation
- customHabitual group practice
trade · loyalty · regulars · frequenting · establishments · shoppers · consumers · purchases · spending · support
appointments
Scheduled times for meetings
- nepotismPreferring kin in hiring
- cronyismFavoring friends in appointments
- favorsPreferences or courtesies
spoils · sinecures · machines · bosses · wards · precincts · loyalty · allies · networks · influence
commissions
Payments for services rendered
- collectorsThose who systematically acquire
- galleriesSpaces for displaying art
- MediciFlorentine banking dynasty
Renaissance · artists · museums · acquisitions · exhibitions · cultural · masterworks · ateliers · studios · salons
livings
Means of support
- beneficesClergy positions with income
- bishopricsEpiscopal administrative regions
- appointmentsScheduled times for meetings
clergy · parishes · tithes · vestries · sees · deaneries · vicars · rectors · curates · incumbents
patronagesself-funding
Paying one's own way
independence · self-sufficiency · financial independence · bootstrapping · autonomy
patronagesindependence
Freedom from external control
autonomy · self-determination · equality · egalitarianism · emancipation
patronagesmeritocracies
Systems rewarding ability
civil service · open competition · impartiality · anti-corruption · reforms
- patronage systemsRewarding supporters with positions
- political patronageAwarding posts for loyalty
- art patronageFinancial support for artists
- royal patronageMonarch-funded support for endeavors
- government patronageState-bestowed favors and positions