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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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Sponsoring
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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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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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