In exchange, Microsoft offered, to some or all of these parties, promotional patronage, substantial financial subsidies, technical support, and other valuable consideration.
These included: the elimination of royal patronage, a substantial extension of the franchise, annual elections by secret ballot, the election of intellectually qualified and independent members of parliament with a system of fines to ensure regular attendance, and the accurate and regular publication of parliamentary debates.
On the other hand, if an artist is blessed with a gift of a substantial success, one of patronage, a supportive network or demand, I hope that artist will use that benefit wisely and thoughtfully.
Amazon has deals in which it takes stakes in companies that it finds promising -- Living.com and Audi ble.com, for example; those companies agree to pay Amazon substantial annual sums for the patronage.
He appointed substantial numbers of blacks to patronage positions in government beyond the janitorial jobs they usually received.
Such men often acquired university education through their family resources, through the patronage of more substantial nobles, or through church influence, particularly support from the pope and his court.
This will necessitate the continuation of the patronage network, whereby political loyalty is rewarded with substantial economic benefits.
And the euro crisis and the German-led insistence on radical savings and public sector cutbacks in Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain in return for substantial financial assistance have changed attitudes toward power, money and patronage.
Sumption said the two men had agreed that "for substantial cash payments", Abramovich and Sibneft would enjoy Berezovsky's political patronage.
The massive inequality in the country has always left it vulnerable to a regime of populist and patronage politics, only avoided through technocratic leaders (within a relatively unified ANC) leveraging the substantial political capital post-1994.
In Cambodia, where two-thirds of the population earns less than $2 a month and one-third earns less than $1, a "substantial portion" of the $500 million to $600 million in donor aid each year is "lost to unofficial fees, an informal system of patronage, illicit 'facilitation' payments by businesses and individuals," one Transparency official said.
