English Explanatory Dictionary

sponsor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.
  2. A senior member of a twelve step or similar program chosen to guide an initiate and form a partnership with them.
  3. A person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, media program, etc., usually in exchange for advertising.
verb
  1. To be a sponsor for.

Pronunciation

/ˈspɒn.səː/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sponsor.wav /ˈspɑn.sɚ/ /ˈspɒn.sɚ/ /ˈspɔn.səː/

Word forms

sponsor sponsors sponsoring sponsored

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin spōnsor (“a surety", in Late Latin "a sponsor in baptism”).

Synonyms

patron underwriter

Related words

patron

Derived words

cosponsor multisponsored nonsponsor nonsponsored nonsponsoring sponcon sponsee sponsorable sponsoree sponsoress sponsorette sponsor-free sponsorhood sponsorial sponsorless sponsorly sponsorship unsponsored

Translations

Arabic: رَاعٍ Belarusian: паручы́цель Belarusian: паручы́целька Bulgarian: поръчи́тел Bulgarian: поръчи́телка Bulgarian: попечител Catalan: patrocinador Chinese Mandarin: 保證人 /保证人 Czech: sponzor Czech: sponzorka Dutch: sponsor Esperanto: patrono Finnish: tukija Finnish: tukihenkilö French: commanditaire French: sponsor Galician: patrocinador Galician: patrocinadora German: Sponsor German: Sponsorin Greek: χορηγός Greek: ανάδοχος Indonesian: sponsor Irish: urraitheoir Macedonian: покровител Macedonian: покровителка Manx: barrantagh Māori: kaitautoko Polish: sponsor Polish: sponsorka Portuguese: patrocinador Russian: поручи́тель Russian: поручи́тельница Russian: покрови́тель Russian: покрови́тельница Scottish Gaelic: sponsair Scottish Gaelic: goistidh (godfather) Scottish Gaelic: bana-ghoistidh (godmother) Spanish: patrocinador Spanish: patrocinadora Swahili: mfadhili Swedish: fadder Swedish: gudmor Swedish: gudfar Ukrainian: поручи́тель Ukrainian: поручи́телька Volapük: spönan Volapük: hispönan Volapük: jispönan Welsh: noddwr
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