According to the dictionary, the word "patronize" means to be a customer of. What is the most precise meaning of the word patronize as used in the following sentence?

The elderly couple, who favored entrepreneurship, chose to patronize the independently owned coffee shop instead of the franchised coffee shop.

oppose

purchase

support

guard

Read this description of a detail from the movie i am legend. a scientist is the last man alive in a post-apocalyptic new york, where zombies have taken over and destroyed most of the population. about ten minutes into the film, the man thinks back to how the zombie creatures came to be, and how at one point he had a wife and child. which type of suspense technique did the screenwriter use? dramatic irony flashback foreshadowing special effects

What makes the literal, word-for-word translation of the metamorphosis hard to read?

He picture shows a fishing technique called trawling. how might trawling affect marine biodiversity? decrease biodiversity by harvesting everything in its path, so that unwanted fish are unnecessarily killed