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Sponsor
Definitions
- 1 A person or organization with some sort of responsibility for another person or organization, especially where the responsibility has a religious, legal, or financial aspect.
"He was my sponsor when I applied to join the club."
- 2 someone who supports or champions something wordnet
- 3 A person or organization with some sort of responsibility for another person or organization, especially where the responsibility has a religious, legal, or financial aspect.; A senior member of a twelve step or similar program chosen to guide an initiate and form a partnership with them.
"My narcotics anonymous sponsor became my best friend when I finally was able to do something about my meth problem."
- 4 an advocate who presents a person (as for an award or a degree or an introduction etc.) wordnet
- 5 A person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, media program, etc., usually in exchange for advertising.
"And now a word from our sponsor."
- 1 To be a sponsor for. transitive
"Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth."
- 2 assume sponsorship of wordnet
- 3 assume responsibility for or leadership of wordnet
- 4 do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of wordnet
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin spōnsor (“a surety", in Late Latin "a sponsor in baptism”).
Learned borrowing from Latin spōnsor (“a surety", in Late Latin "a sponsor in baptism”).
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