sponsor
[noun]
Synonyms:
- backer, patron, promoter
[verb]
Synonyms:
- back, finance, fund, patronize, promote, subsidize

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Related Words: advocate, champion, mainstay, supporter, upholder, preferrer, promoter, benefactor, Maecenas

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. spon‧sor¹ /ˈspɒnsə $ ˈspɑːnsər/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin; Origin: spondere 'to promise']

1.
a) a person or company that pays for a show, broadcast, sports event etc, especially in exchange for the right to advertise at that event
sponsor of
Eastman Kodak is a major sponsor of the Olympics.
corporate sponsors
b) a person or company that supports someone by paying for their training, education, living costs etc

2. someone who agrees to give someone else money for a charity if they walk, run etc a particular distance

3. someone who officially introduces or supports a proposal for a new law

4. someone who officially agrees to help someone else, or to be responsible for what they do:
You cannot get a work visa without an American sponsor.

5. a godparent

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. sponsor² verb [transitive]

1.
a) to give money to a sports event, theatre, institution etc, especially in exchange for the right to advertise:
The competition was sponsored by British Airways.
government-sponsored projects
b) to support someone by paying for their training, education, living costs etc:
The bank had offered to sponsor him at university.

2. to officially support a proposal for a new law

3. to agree to help someone or be responsible for what they do

4. to agree to give someone money for charity if they walk, run etc a particular distance

5. sponsored walk/swim etc British English an event in which many people walk, swim etc a particular distance so that people will give them money for a charity

6. UN-sponsored/US-sponsored/government-sponsored etc supported and encouraged by the UN, the US etc:
US-sponsored peace talks

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

sponsor
noun
ADJ. big, major | main | potential | private | official | commercial, corporate, industrial
VERB + SPONSOR look for, seek | attract, find, get | act as
SPONSOR + VERB back sb/sth, support sb/sth
SPONSOR + NOUN money
PREP. ~ for/of I need to find some more sponsors for my bike ride to Brighton.

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