nonpatronage
English
editEtymology
editAdjective
editnonpatronage (not comparable)
- Not patronage, or not related to patronage.
- 1988 November 25, David Moberg, “One Year Without Washington”, in Chicago Reader:
- "A lot of people in the black community don't have a feel for progressive versus nonprogressive government or patronage versus nonpatronage or fiscal conservatism versus free spending.
Noun
editnonpatronage (uncountable)
- Failure to patronize a business.