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 Definitions of sponsor  [ˈspɒn sər]  

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Definition of 'sponsor' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) sponsor
a person who vouches for, is responsible for, or supports a person or thing.

2.  sponsor
a person, firm, organization, etc., that supports the cost of a radio or television program by buying time for advertising or promotion during the broadcast.

3.  sponsor
a person or group that provides or pledges money for an undertaking or event:
the corporate sponsors of a race.

4.  sponsor
a person who makes a pledge or promise on behalf of another.

5.  sponsor
a person who answers for an infant at baptism, making the required professions and assuming responsibility for the child's religious upbringing; godparent.

6. (v.t.) sponsor
to act as sponsor for.

Etymology:  (1645–55; < L spōnsor guarantor =spond(ēre) to pledge +-tor -tor)

Definition of 'sponsor' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) patron, sponsor, supporter
someone who supports or champions something

2. (verb) presenter, sponsor
an advocate who presents a person (as for an award or a degree or an introduction etc.)

3. (verb) sponsor, patronize, patronise
assume sponsorship of

4. (verb) sponsor
assume responsibility for or leadership of
"The senator announced that he would sponsor the health care plan"

5. (verb) patronize, patronise, shop, shop at, buy at, frequent, sponsor
do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of


Definition of 'sponsor' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) sponsor
to pay for sth, usually receiving advertising in return
The company sponsored the race.; a sponsor of the radio station's arts programming


Definition of 'sponsor' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) sponsor
one who binds himself to answer for another, and is responsible for his default; a surety

2. (noun) sponsor
one who at the baptism of an infant professore the christian faith in its name, and guarantees its religious education; a godfather or godmother


Definition of 'sponsor' Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms 

1.  sponsor
Military member or civilian employee with dependents.


Translation of 'sponsor' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to take on the financial responsibility for (a person, project etc), often as a form of advertising or for charity
The firm sponsors several golf tournaments.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: borg Arabic flag Arabic: يَتَبَنّى ، يَرْعى Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: финансирам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: patrocinar Czech flag Czech: financovat German flag German: finanzieren
Danish flag Danish: sponsorere; støtte Greek flag Greek: χρηματοδοτώ Spanish flag Spanish: patrocinar
Estonian flag Estonian: spondeerima Farsi flag Farsi: حمايت مالي كردن Finnish flag Finnish: sponsoroida
French flag French: commanditer Hebrew flag Hebrew: נוֹתֵן חַסוּת Hindi flag Hindi: प्रायोजित करना
Croatian flag Croatian: sponzorirati, uzeti pokro Hungarian flag Hungarian: szponzorál Indonesian flag Indonesian: mensponsori
Icelandic flag Icelandic: bakhjarl; fjármagnari Italian flag Italian: sponsorizzare, patrocinar Japanese flag Japanese: スポンサーになる
Korean flag Korean: 후원하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: remti finansiškai Latvian flag Latvian: sponsorēt; [] atbalstīt
Malay flag Malay: menaja Dutch flag Dutch: sponsoren Norwegian flag Norwegian: sponse, støtte
Polish flag Polish: popierać finansowo Portuguese flag Portuguese: patrocinar Romanian flag Romanian: a patrona
Russian flag Russian: спонсировать Slovak flag Slovak: financovať Slovenian flag Slovenian: sponzorirati
Serbian flag Serbian: sponzorisati Swedish flag Swedish: sponsra Thai flag Thai: อุปถัมภ์รายการ
Turkish flag Turkish: finanse etmek, sponsorluk Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 發起,主辦 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: підтримувати, субсидувати
Urdu flag Urdu: کفیل بننا Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: đỡ đầu, bảo trợ Chinese flag Chinese: 发起,主办

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