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noun
1.
a person who vouches or is responsible for a person or thing.
2.
a person, firm, organization, etc., that finances and buys the time to broadcast a radio or television program so as to advertise a product, a political party, etc.
3.
a person who makes a pledge or promise on behalf of another.
4.
a person who answers for an infant at baptism, making the required professions and assuming responsibility for the child's religious upbringing; godfather or godmother.
verb (used with object)
5.
to act as sponsor for; promise, vouch, or answer for.
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Origin:
1645–55; < Latin spōnsor guarantor, equivalent to spond(ēre) to pledge + -tor -tor, with dt > s
1645–55; < Latin spōnsor guarantor, equivalent to spond(ēre) to pledge + -tor -tor, with dt > s
Related forms
spon·sor·ship, noun
un·spon·sored, adjective
Synonyms
1. patron, backer; guarantor. 2. advertiser. 5. guarantee, finance, back, underwrite.
1. patron, backer; guarantor. 2. advertiser. 5. guarantee, finance, back, underwrite.
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Word Origin & History
sponsor
1651, from L.L. sponsor "sponsor in baptism," in L. "a surety, guarantee," from sponsus, pp. of spondere "give assurance, promise solemnly" (see spondee). Sense of "person who pays for a radio (or, after 1947, TV) program" is first recorded 1931. The verb is attested from
EXPAND1884, "to favor or support;" commercial broadcasting sense is from 1931.
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