| patronage job | 1.91 | We are talking about patronage jobs here. | ||
| patronage system | 1.58 | Bureaucrats installed by the political patronage system ignored it. | ||
| patronage machine | 0.86 | Because the city qualified for a range of grants for the needy, the patronage machine grew stronger. | ||
| patronage mill | 0.66 | By assuming control, Pataki risks replacing one patronage mill with another. | ||
| patronage politics | 0.59 | Thaksin was quick to rule out patronage politics, however. | ||
| patronage network | 0.26 | Chart Thai has the best political patronage network of any party and is financially strong. | ||
| patronage power | 0.26 | In short, he would be a real Mayor with real patronage power and a political force in the state of Florida. | ||
| patronage worker | 0.26 | The charges by Williams and similar complaints by two patronage workers at the Board of Elections were first reported by Newsday. |