sponsor en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈspɔn.səː/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
- /ˈspɒ̝n.səː/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
- /ˈspɒn.səː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈspɒn.sɚ/ (Canada, General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈspɑn.sɚ/ (Canada, General-American)
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin spōnsor (“a surety", in Late Latin "a sponsor in baptism”).
Meanings
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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.
The colonel and his sponsor made a queer contrast: Greystone [the sponsor] long and stringy, with a face that seemed as if a cold wind was eternally playing on it. […] But there was not a more lascivious reprobate and gourmand in all London than this same Greystone.
1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter I, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:He was my sponsor when I applied to join the club.
They were my sponsors for immigration.
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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.
Members also choose a sponsor, with whom they are supposed to remain in regular, even daily, contact—and that, too, is a powerful boost for monitoring.
2011, Roy F. Baumeister, John Tierney, Willpower, →ISBN, page 173:My narcotics anonymous sponsor became my best friend when I finally was able to do something about my meth problem.
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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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sponsors | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Descendants
sponzor · sponsor · sponsor · sponsor · sponsor · Sponsor · sponsor · sponsair
Hyponyms
gossip · gossip · godparent · godparent
Synonyms
Translations (104)
mk покровителка (person or organization with religious, legal, or financial responsibility for another) · es propiciador (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · ru покрови́тель (person or organization with religious, legal, or financial responsibility for another) · ko 스폰서 (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · gl patrocinadora (person or organization with religious, legal, or financial responsibility for another) · ar رَاعٍ (person or organization with religious, legal, or financial responsibility for another) · vo jispönan (person or organization with religious, legal, or financial responsibility for another) · pl sponsor (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · fi rahoittaja (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · pl mecenas (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · cy noddwr (person or organization with religious, legal, or financial responsibility for another) · cmn 贊助者 /赞助者 (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · id sponsor (person or organization with religious, legal, or financial responsibility for another) · nb sponsor (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · cs sponzor (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · sv gudmor (person or organization with religious, legal, or financial responsibility for another) · fr commanditaire (person or organization with religious, legal, or financial responsibility for another) · pl sponsor (person or organization with religious, legal, or financial responsibility for another) · ru спо́нсор (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · sv fadder (person or organization with religious, legal, or financial responsibility for another) · mk спонзорка (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · ka სპონსორი (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · es patrocinador (person or organization with religious, legal, or financial responsibility for another) · vo hispönan (person or organization with religious, legal, or financial responsibility for another) · pl sponsorka (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · it sponsor (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · cmn 保證人 /保证人 (person or organization with religious, legal, or financial responsibility for another) · pl mecenaska (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · es sponsor (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · be паручы́цель (person or organization with religious, legal, or financial responsibility for another) · ru покрови́тельница (person or organization with religious, legal, or financial responsibility for another) · ka ფინანსური მხარდამჭერი (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · el χορηγός (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · vo spönan (person or organization with religious, legal, or financial responsibility for another) · de Sponsor (person or organization with religious, legal, or financial responsibility for another) · pl sponsorka (person or organization with religious, legal, or financial responsibility for another) · es patrocinador (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · gl patrocinador (person or organization with religious, legal, or financial responsibility for another) · de Sponsorin (person or organization with religious, legal, or financial responsibility for another) · mi kaitautoko (person or organization with religious, legal, or financial responsibility for another) · gd goistidh (godfather) (person or organization with religious, legal, or financial responsibility for another) · gd sponsair (person or organization with religious, legal, or financial responsibility for another) · bg поръчи́телка (person or organization with religious, legal, or financial responsibility for another) · mk покровител (person or organization with religious, legal, or financial responsibility for another) · uk спо́нсор (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · cs sponzor (person or organization with religious, legal, or financial responsibility for another) · ga urraitheoir (person or organization with religious, legal, or financial responsibility for another) · fr sponsor (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · sv gudfar (person or organization with religious, legal, or financial responsibility for another) · nrf spons'rêsse (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · be спо́нсарка (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · sv sponsor (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · sh sponzorka (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · nl sponsor (person or organization with religious, legal, or financial responsibility for another) · sw mfadhili (person or organization with religious, legal, or financial responsibility for another) · fi tukija (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · nrf sponseur (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · pt patrocinador (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · de Sponsor (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · fr commanditaire (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · el χορηγός (person or organization with religious, legal, or financial responsibility for another) · el ανάδοχος (person or organization with religious, legal, or financial responsibility for another) · sh спонзорка (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · bg поръчи́тел (person or organization with religious, legal, or financial responsibility for another) · sl sponzorka (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · ka დამფინანსებელი (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · kk демеуші (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · fi tukija (person or organization with religious, legal, or financial responsibility for another) · nn sponsor (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · sk sponzorka (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · be паручы́целька (person or organization with religious, legal, or financial responsibility for another) · fi sponsori (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · cs sponzorka (person or organization with religious, legal, or financial responsibility for another) · ms penganjur (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · sh spȍnzor (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · sw mfadhili (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · sk sponzor (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · mk спонзор (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · ja スポンサー (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · uk спо́нсорка (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · gd bana-ghoistidh (godmother) (person or organization with religious, legal, or financial responsibility for another) · uk поручи́тель (person or organization with religious, legal, or financial responsibility for another) · bg спо́нсор (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · bg спо́нсорка (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · ru поручи́тельница (person or organization with religious, legal, or financial responsibility for another) · pt patrocinador (person or organization with religious, legal, or financial responsibility for another) · de Sponsorin (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · bg попечител (person or organization with religious, legal, or financial responsibility for another) · es mecenas (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · ca patrocinador (person or organization with religious, legal, or financial responsibility for another) · be спо́нсар (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · sh спо̏нзор (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · ru мецена́т (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · sl sponzor (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · es auspiciador (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · es patrocinadora (person or organization with religious, legal, or financial responsibility for another) · cs sponzorka (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · uk поручи́телька (person or organization with religious, legal, or financial responsibility for another) · ru поручи́тель (person or organization with religious, legal, or financial responsibility for another) · fi tukihenkilö (person or organization with religious, legal, or financial responsibility for another) · gv barrantagh (person or organization with religious, legal, or financial responsibility for another) · fr sponsor (person or organization with religious, legal, or financial responsibility for another) · es espónsor (person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, etc.) · eo patrono (person or organization with religious, legal, or financial responsibility for another)