Paying a bribe, paying a celebrity to make advertising endorsements and making a substantial contribution to a community project are examples of which method of getting people to do what you want?
Patronage has two meanings, one positive and one negative:
in politics, patronage refers to controlling government officials (usually through bribery or donations), or controlling who is appointed to a certain government position.
in business, patronage refers to providing financial or any other type of support for a specific business or organization, or in a more general sense it refers to the customers or members of an organization.
