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spon⋅sor

  [spon-ser]
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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.
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.
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Sponsorship

Spon"sor*ship\, n. State of being a sponsor.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : sponsorship
Spanish: patrocinio,
German: die Bürgschaft,
Japanese: 後援
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