One term is patronage.
patronage
Patronage
patronage
Supporters of a political party were rewarded with jobs.
patronage-exchanging government jobs and contracts for political support
patronage
patronage
Patronage.
Patronage, simply put, basically means offices or jobs. Writing a good sentence is where you can use it to tell what the word means. Here's mine: Patronage was beginning to increase again and so the homeless were decreasing.
patronage system
Patronage.