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Sponsor

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Noun

1. patron, sponsor, supporter

someone who supports or champions something

2. presenter, sponsor

an advocate who presents a person (as for an award or a degree or an introduction etc.)

Verb

3. patronise, patronize, sponsor

assume sponsorship of

4. sponsor

assume responsibility for or leadership of

Example Sentences:
'The senator announced that he would sponsor the health care plan'

5. buy at, frequent, patronise, patronize, shop, shop at, sponsor

do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sponsor

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noun
1. (a person or group that provides funds for an activity, esp)
a. 
a commercial organization that pays all or part of the cost of putting on a concert, sporting event, etc
b. 
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
2. mainly US and Canadian
a person or business firm that pays the costs of a radio or television programme in return for advertising time
3. 
a legislator who presents and supports a bill, motion, etc
4. Also called: godparent
a. 
an authorized witness who makes the required promises on behalf of a person to be baptized and thereafter assumes responsibility for his or her Christian upbringing
b. 
a person who presents a candidate for confirmation
5. mainly US
a person who undertakes responsibility for the actions, statements, obligations, etc, of another, as during a period of apprenticeship; guarantor
verb
6. (transitive)
to act as a sponsor for

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Sponsor

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noun
1. 
a person or agency that undertakes certain responsibilities in connection with some other person or some group or activity, as in being a proponent, endorser, advisor, underwriter, surety, etc.
2. 
a. 
a godfather or godmother; person who answers for a child, as at baptism, making the profession of faith and the promises prescribed
b. 
in some Christian denominations, a person who acts as patron for someone being confirmed
3.  US
a business firm or other agency that alone or with others pays the costs of a radio or television program on which it advertises or promotes something
verb transitive
4. 
to act as sponsor for

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Sponsor

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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, as to an organization.
3. A legislator who proposes and urges adoption of a bill.
4. Christianity One who presents a candidate for baptism or confirmation; a godparent.
5. One that finances a project, event, or organization directed by another person or group, such as 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.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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