: one who presents a candidate for baptism or confirmation and undertakes responsibility for the person's religious education or spiritual welfare. : one who assumes responsibility for some other person or thing. especially : one that pays the cost of a radio or television program usually in return for advertising time during its course.
If an organization sponsors something such as an event, it pays some or all of the expenses connected with it, often in order to get publicity for itself. A local bank is sponsoring the race.
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. To act as a sponsor for.
Definition of sponsor verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. sponsor something (of a company, etc.) to pay the costs of a particular event, programme, etc. as a way of advertising. Sports events are no longer sponsored by the tobacco industry. The magazine sponsors an essay competition open to anyone anywhere.
Sponsoring something (or someone) is the act of supporting an event, activity, person, or organization financially or through the provision of products or services. The individual or group that provides the support, similar to a benefactor, is known as the sponsor.
It’s a lot of work involved in sponsoring a refugee – finding schools, helping them find affordable housing, getting their kids signed up for school, helping them find jobs, showing them where the pharmacy is, what bus to take. It’s a lot more than what the average American can do.
Present participle of sponsor. The school was sponsoring a play with reversed roles – students playing the part of parents and vice versa. Earlier he'd signed up to take his July vacation in Iowa, biking the 400 miles across that state on a seven-day bike tour known as "RAGBRAI," named for the sponsoring Des Moines Register newspaper.
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. To act as a sponsor for.