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Definitions for Sponsoring
[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.
[5] to act as sponsor for; promise, vouch, or answer for.
[6] (a person or group that provides funds for an activity, esp) a commercial organization that pays all or part of the cost of putting on a concert, sporting event, etc a person who donates money to a charity when the person requesting the donation has performed a specified activity as part of an organized fund-raising effort
[7] mainly US and Canadian a person or business firm that pays the costs of a radio or television programme in return for advertising time
[8] a legislator who presents and supports a bill, motion, etc
[9] Also called: godparent an authorized witness who makes the required promises on behalf of a person to be baptized and thereafter assumes responsibility for his Christian upbringing a person who presents a candidate for confirmation
[10] mainly US a person who undertakes responsibility for the actions, statements, obligations, etc, of another, as during a period of apprenticeship; guarantor
[11] (tr) to act as a sponsor for
Words related to Sponsoring
sponsorsubsidize, finance, back, fund, bankroll, guarantee, stake, grubstake, patronize
Words nearby Sponsoring
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Origin of Sponsoring
1645–55; < Latin spōnsor guarantor, equivalent to spond(ēre ) to pledge + -tor -tor, with dt > s
Other words from Sponsoring
spon·so·ri·al [spon-sawr -ee-uh l, -sohr -] /spɒnˈsɔr i əl, -ˈsoʊr-/ , adjective
spon·sor·ship , noun
un·spon·sored , adjective
Word origin for Sponsoring
C17: from Latin, from spondēre to promise solemnly
Synonyms for Sponsoring
back, bankroll, finance, fund, guarantee, subsidize, grubstake, patronize, stake, answer for, be responsible for, put up money, vouch for