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spon⋅sor

  [spon-ser]
–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; < L spōnsor guarantor, equiv. to spond(ēre) to pledge + -tor -tor, with dt > s

Related forms:
spon⋅so⋅ri⋅al  [spon-sawr-ee-uhl, -sohr-] , adjective
spon⋅sor⋅ship, noun

Synonyms:
1. patron, backer; guarantor. 2. advertiser. 5. guarantee, finance, back, underwrite.
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spon·sor   (spŏn'sər)   
n.  

  1. One who assumes responsibility for another person or a group during a period of instruction, apprenticeship, or probation.

  2. One who vouches for the suitability of a candidate for admission.

  3. A legislator who proposes and urges adoption of a bill.

  4. One who presents a candidate for baptism or confirmation; a godparent.

  5. One that finances a project or an event carried out by another person or group, especially a business enterprise that pays for radio or television programming in return for advertising time.

tr.v.   spon·sored, spon·sor·ing, spon·sors
To act as a sponsor for.

[Late Latin spōnsor, sponsor in baptism, from Latin, surety, from spōnsus, past participle of spondēre, to pledge; see spend- in Indo-European roots.]
spon·so'ri·al (-sôr'ē-əl, -sōr'-) adj., spon'sor·ship' n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

sponsor  (n.)
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 1884, "to favor or support;" commercial broadcasting sense is from 1931.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

sponsor

  1. An institutional investor or a brokerage firm that has a position in a security and influences other investors to establish a position in that security.

  2. See underwriter.


Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: spon·sor
Function: noun
1 : a legislator who introduces and supports a legislative proposal (as a bill or amendment)
2 : a person who assumes responsibility for some other person (as an immigrant) or thing
3 a : one that securitizes assets b : one that promotes, advocates, or favors a business venture (as investment in a security or limited partnership) —sponsor verb —spon·sor·ship noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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