sponsor

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A person or company that pays for an event or activity, often in return for advertising.

   The marathon's main sponsor was a sportswear company.

2. 2
   verb

   To pay for an event, activity, or person, usually in exchange for publicity.

   A local bank agreed to sponsor the youth football team.

3. 3
   noun

   A person who supports or takes responsibility for another person or a proposal.

   He acted as my sponsor when I joined the club.

4. 4
   verb

   To officially support and put forward a plan or proposal.

   Two senators agreed to sponsor the new health care bill.

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

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