ALL meanings of sponsor
spon·sor
S s - noun sponsor patron 1
- noun sponsor advertising 1
- transitive verb sponsor pay expenses for 1
- transitive verb sponsor advertise to support 1
- transitive verb sponsor legislation 1
- noun sponsor a person who vouches or is responsible for a person or thing. 1
- noun sponsor a person, firm, organization, etc., that finances and buys the time to broadcast a radio or television program so as to advertise a product, a political party, etc. 1
- noun sponsor a person who makes a pledge or promise on behalf of another. 1
- noun sponsor a person who answers for an infant at baptism, making the required professions and assuming responsibility for the child's religious upbringing; godfather or godmother. 1
- verb with object sponsor to act as sponsor for; promise, vouch, or answer for. 1
- verb sponsor If an organization or an individual sponsors something such as an event or someone's training, they pay some or all of the expenses connected with it, often in order to get publicity for themselves. 0
- verb sponsor In Britain, if you sponsor someone who is doing something to raise money for charity, for example trying to walk a certain distance, you agree to give them a sum of money for the charity if they succeed in doing it. 0
- verb sponsor If you sponsor a proposal or suggestion, you officially put it forward and support it. 0
- verb sponsor When a country or an organization such as the United Nations sponsors negotiations between countries, it suggests holding the negotiations and organizes them. 0
- verb sponsor If one country accuses another of sponsoring attacks on it, they mean that the other country does not do anything to prevent the attacks, and may even encourage them. 0
- verb sponsor If a company or organization sponsors a television programme, they pay to have a special advertisement shown at the beginning and end of the programme, and at each commercial break. 0
- countable noun sponsor A sponsor is a person or organization that sponsors something or someone. 0
- noun sponsor a commercial organization that pays all or part of the cost of putting on a concert, sporting event, etc 0
- noun sponsor 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 0
- noun sponsor a person or business firm that pays the costs of a radio or television programme in return for advertising time 0
- noun sponsor a legislator who presents and supports a bill, motion, etc 0
- noun sponsor 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 0
- noun sponsor a person who presents a candidate for confirmation 0
- noun sponsor a person who undertakes responsibility for the actions, statements, obligations, etc, of another, as during a period of apprenticeship; guarantor 0
- verb sponsor to act as a sponsor for 0
- noun sponsor 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. 0
- noun sponsor a godfather or godmother; person who answers for a child, as at baptism, making the profession of faith and the promises prescribed 0
- noun sponsor in some Christian denominations, a person who acts as patron for someone being confirmed 0
- noun sponsor 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 0
- verb transitive sponsor to act as sponsor for 0