sponsor
pronunciation
How to pronounce sponsor in British English:
UK [ˈspɒnsə(r)]
How to pronounce sponsor in American English:
US [ˈspɑːnsər]
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- Noun:
- someone who supports or champions something
- an advocate who presents a person (as for an award or a degree or an introduction etc.)
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- Verb:
- assume sponsorship of
- assume responsibility for or leadership of
- do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
Word Origin
- sponsor
- sponsor: [17] Etymologically, a sponsor is someone who makes a ‘solemn promise’. The word was borrowed from Latin sponsor, a derivative of spondēre ‘promise solemnly’, which denoted ‘someone who stands surely for another’. In the Christian era it came to be used for a ‘godparent’, which was its original sense in English. From the same source come English despond, respond, spouse, and probably spontaneous [17].=> despond, respond, spontaneous, spouse
- sponsor (n.)
- 1650s, from Late Latin sponsor "sponsor in baptism," in Latin "a surety, guarantee, bondsman," from sponsus, past participle of spondere "give assurance, promise solemnly" (see spondee). Sense of "person who pays for a radio (or, after 1947, TV) program" is first recorded 1931.
- sponsor (v.)
- 1884, "to favor or support," from sponsor (n.). Commercial broadcasting sense is from 1931. Related: Sponsored; sponsoring.
Synonym
Example
- 1. Many airports sponsor classes run by therapists or pilots .
- 2. His ambition to sponsor a continental movement of radical leftists is being crimped as the money runs short .
- 3. Mr stanford used his riches to sponsor his own cricket tournament in the west indies .
- 4. Currently the sponsor program is accepting trial users here .
- 5. But its sponsor is confident that the bill will pass . Momentum is with him .