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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
sponsor
I.noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
sponsor an event (=give money to an event, especially in exchange for the right to advertise)
▪ The event is sponsored by the Royal Bank of Scotland.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
chief
▪ Apple will be the chief sponsor for the first year, and then become the technology partner.
▪ In Northern California, the chief sponsor has been Rep.
corporate
▪ The Festival Trust represents many corporate sponsors, whose commitment has been crucial in developing this international celebration of the arts.
▪ Gage proposed cutting costs by using volunteers for the labor and corporate sponsors for the equipment.
▪ Hell, the cars aren't even scarlet any more but are dressed in the corporate red of sponsors Marlboro.
▪ So check with your hotel or corporate sponsor in advance about possible child-care arrangements.
▪ The rest of the journey, a reward for super-achievement, will be underwritten by corporate sponsors.
▪ Exhibits set up by corporate sponsors fill most of the space in Centennial Olympic Park downtown.
▪ Amway, the door-to-door retailing giant, became a corporate sponsor, as did the E.&038;.
▪ And 3Com just inked its long-awaited deal to become the corporate sponsor of Candlestick Park through January 2000.
main
▪ It belonged to an editor from the Guardian, the main sponsors of Writers Internationale.
▪ Pat Tiberi, R-Columbus, the main sponsor.
▪ His two main sponsors have dropped out of racing for the moment leaving him chasing a £3,000 shortfall.
▪ Lloyds Bank is the main sponsor.
major
▪ The company is also a major world-wide sponsor of professional team sports.
▪ But he is a major golf sponsor, and he's known Jefferson for years.
▪ Although money doesn't exactly fall from the sky, major sponsors aren't too hard to find.
new
▪ Much rests on the new sponsor, but if the right backer is found.
▪ We have at times withdrawn tactfully from a weak sponsor to align with a new sponsor who is more powerful. 5.
▪ But then, of course, the club had a desperate need of publicity to keep their generous new sponsors happy.
official
▪ It's the first time the team has had an official kit sponsor.
▪ The Klaas Foundation for Children is the official sponsor of the web site.
▪ To be an official sponsor to some extent is in conflict with this image.
▪ The 11 official sponsors are expected to splurge a further f lOOm between them on marketing.
potential
▪ As a professional organization we have a lot to offer any potential sponsor.
■ NOUN
form
▪ Please make sure that you write down your registration number in the space provided on the sponsor form.
▪ Call John Girling on for your free running vest, car sticker, sweatband and sponsor form.
■ VERB
become
▪ When you become a sponsor, you help an individual child and receive regular reports about his or her progress.
▪ Amway, the door-to-door retailing giant, became a corporate sponsor, as did the E.&038;.
▪ And 3Com just inked its long-awaited deal to become the corporate sponsor of Candlestick Park through January 2000.
find
▪ We will find homes and sponsors for you, if you wish to come with us.
▪ She had also found herself a sponsor to support her to the tune of £100 a year.
seek
▪ She is now seeking a sponsor to help her reach her dream of a place in the 1996 Olympics.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Sponsors' corporate logos are placed on the boards surrounding the field.
▪ If the show is too controversial, we'll lose our sponsors.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ March has been in financial difficulties for some time and doesn't have a sponsor for this season.
▪ Numerous prizes, generously donated by sponsors, were given out at the end of the day.
▪ Obviously, sponsors have a very important role to play.
▪ Similarly a piece written by the magazine staff could have problems for the sponsor.
▪ The lack of sponsors has meant the taxpayer has had to foot more of the bill.
▪ This production has cost £50,000, most coming from local sponsors.
II.verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
jointly
▪ The three groups jointly sponsored a public workshop describing the program, at which representatives of the city were present.
■ NOUN
association
▪ Projects are sponsored by community associations, voluntary or charitable bodies and local authorities.
▪ Many individuals also attend training and educational programs sponsored by industry associations, often in collaboration with postsecondary institutions.
bill
▪ A bill is normally sponsored by the cabinet and introduced into Parliament by a cabinet minister.
▪ The House bill is sponsored by Rep.
▪ A hearing on the legislation, Senate Bill 1993, sponsored by Sen.
▪ One piece of legislation that has gained momentum amid the concern about workers is a bipartisan bill sponsored by Sen.
▪ Clinton used his weekly radio address to urge Congress to pass a health-care overhaul bill sponsored by Sen.
▪ Clinton once again threw his support behind a bill sponsored by Sens.
▪ Former colleagues tell me the bipartisan reform bill, sponsored by Sens.
▪ Proposed legislation in more than 30 states and federal bills sponsored by Rep.
business
▪ Fresh Art is sponsored by the Business Design Centre.
▪ Many PACs are sponsored by businesses or unions.
center
▪ The group appeared at a conference sponsored by the Center for National Policy.
club
▪ On Sunday, the gastronomic action kicks off with a pancake breakfast sponsored by the Rotary Club.
company
▪ A leftwing theatre company sponsored the follow-up, organised on stage by a budding theatre director, Joseph Losey.
▪ Some are named for the company which sponsored them, or maybe the players' favorite pro team.
▪ But, she added, the company had undertaken to sponsor only the inaugural event.
▪ They also voted to allow companies and individuals to sponsor the landscaping and maintenance of roundabouts.
▪ The employees of Hairflair are the companies sponsoring the competition are not eligible to enter. 4.
▪ He said he was delighted a Liverpool-based company were sponsoring the tournament.
competition
▪ We avoid all invitations to judge or sponsor such competitions.
▪ Congratulations to the winners, commiserations to other entrants and thanks to Peugeot for sponsoring the competition.
▪ The employees of Hairflair are the companies sponsoring the competition are not eligible to enter. 4.
▪ National Westminster Bank are sponsoring the competition.
conference
▪ The letter invites the Children's Society to sponsor the conference.
▪ The foundation also lobbies the government to increase surveillance and research into this disease, and it sponsors international conferences.
contest
▪ Last year, Cohen printed and distributed the schedule for the city festival and sponsored a dance contest at the event.
department
▪ These groups are sponsored by the Department of Energy and the Training Commission.
event
▪ But, she added, the company had undertaken to sponsor only the inaugural event.
▪ Sheldon charged in the interview that only liberal groups were asked to sponsor the event.
▪ The Institute is very grateful to National Westminster Bank for sponsoring the event.
▪ Basically we're sponsoring a new event which is starting this summer.
firm
▪ This car was the last to be constructed without a sponsor, although it has since been sponsored by several firms.
▪ The sports management and marketing literature has adopted a broader approach than the economic one to identifying benefits to the sponsoring firm.
government
▪ Read in studio A man is being sponsored by a Government scheme to train as a Winston Churchill impersonator.
▪ One is the mobilization of a national campaign sponsored by dynamic government leaders and involving mass participation by the people.
▪ Joe is being sponsored by a Government training scheme in Swindon.
▪ Disease-specific institutions sponsored by the federal government for the general civilian population are uncommon in the United States.
group
▪ The group sponsors speeches, a radio broadcast and an Internet site.
▪ These groups are sponsored by the Department of Energy and the Training Commission.
▪ The three groups jointly sponsored a public workshop describing the program, at which representatives of the city were present.
▪ Sheldon charged in the interview that only liberal groups were asked to sponsor the event.
▪ Furthermore, the student groups and clubs sponsored by the school did not transform the school into a limited public forum.
industry
▪ The messages will be sponsored by the education industry and will be specifically oriented towards the culture of peace.
▪ Many individuals also attend training and educational programs sponsored by industry associations, often in collaboration with postsecondary institutions.
▪ Many of the prizes are sponsored by industry and commerce.
law
▪ Jerry Patterson, the Republican who sponsored the concealed handgun law through the Senate.
▪ Others who joined in sponsoring the law said it could help curb pinups and other visual imagery that demeans women.
legislation
▪ But a presidential candidate now sponsors legislation to end affirmative action.
▪ It was also a major victory for Boxer, who sponsored the legislation in the Senate and shepherded it through.
▪ The second half, which Democrats do not mention, is that Dole later sponsored legislation in support of the office.
▪ Dan Schottel promises to sponsor legislation outlawing support groups for gays in public schools.
program
▪ Many individuals also attend training and educational programs sponsored by industry associations, often in collaboration with postsecondary institutions.
▪ The radio exercise program was sponsored by a toothpaste company.
project
▪ The Board decided to sponsor a research project by Mellanby to ascertain the true incidence, given the controversy that was developing.
rep
▪ The House bill is sponsored by Rep.
▪ A resolution to repeal the ban, sponsored by Rep.
▪ The measure, sponsored by Rep.
▪ The House has already approved an immigration bill that includes an amendment sponsored by Rep.
▪ The remark came at a town meeting on campaign finance sponsored by Rep.
▪ Proposed legislation in more than 30 states and federal bills sponsored by Rep.
▪ The bill to bank the new fees was sponsored by Rep.
research
▪ The Board decided to sponsor a research project by Mellanby to ascertain the true incidence, given the controversy that was developing.
▪ Large numbers of voluntary agencies also have a research function, sponsoring or undertaking research into needs.
▪ The question, though, is whether or not, qua institutions of higher education, they have an obligation to sponsor research.
▪ We aim to provide and extend a welfare service and raise many thousands of pounds annually to sponsor medical research.
seminar
▪ To promote its various health care products, Blue Cross estimates that it sponsors about 100 seminars a week.
▪ The professional associations representing accountants sponsor numerous courses, seminars, group study programs, and other forms of continuing education.
sen
▪ Clinton said Monday he would be willing to support legislation sponsored by Sen.
▪ The anti-drug law, sponsored by Sen.
▪ A hearing on the legislation, Senate Bill 1993, sponsored by Sen.
▪ One piece of legislation that has gained momentum amid the concern about workers is a bipartisan bill sponsored by Sen.
▪ Already, the incident has prompted a retrenchment of a hard-line antagonistic policy in the form of new legislation sponsored by Sen.
▪ Clinton used his weekly radio address to urge Congress to pass a health-care overhaul bill sponsored by Sen.
▪ The measure to require taggants in major explosives, sponsored by Sen.
society
▪ The event, which is also sponsored by the Royal Society of Chemistry, attracts local radio and press coverage.
▪ Because at graduation I had gotten one of those awards sponsored by the Society of Women Engineers.
study
▪ The National Cancer Institute was sponsoring more than 30 studies to assess the role of certain nutrients, he said.
team
▪ The city's 10 leading shopkeepers each sponsor a team.
university
▪ I was there to speak at an international symposium on freedom of the press, sponsored by Hebrew University.
year
▪ Businesses that have sponsored for more than three years will also be brought back into the scheme.
▪ Last year, 200 homes were sponsored.
■ VERB
win
▪ Last month the firm won a deal to sponsor the winter and summer Olympic Games in 1998 and 2000&038;.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Baucus and Chafee sponsored the bill together.
▪ The bank is sponsoring an art exhibition.
▪ The new league will be sponsored by Pepsi Cola.
▪ The race is being sponsored by the Traveler's Club.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Others who joined in sponsoring the law said it could help curb pinups and other visual imagery that demeans women.
▪ Some of the work is sponsored by the Milka Jacobs Suchard chocolate company.
▪ The city's 10 leading shopkeepers each sponsor a team.
▪ The Compact should, however, be sponsored by a Partnership of Industry and Education.
▪ The event, expected to net more than $ 1 million, was sponsored by the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sponsor

Sponsor \Spon"sor\ (-s[~e]r), n. [L., from spondere, sponsum, to engage one's self. See Spouse.]

  1. One who binds himself to answer for another, and is responsible for his default; a surety.

  2. One who at the baptism of an infant professes the Christian faith in its name, and guarantees its religious education; a godfather or godmother.

  3. A person who vouches for another as fit for some post or task; as, one needs two sponsors to be considered for membership.

  4. A person or group that assumes financial responsibility for some activity, and may or may not participate in its organization and execution.

  5. A person or organization, usually a commercial organization, which pays the cost of an activity, such as a radio or television broadcast, and in return is given the right to advertise itself or its products as part of the activity; as, now a word from our sponsor.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
sponsor

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

1884, "to favor or support," from sponsor (n.). Commercial broadcasting sense is from 1931. Related: Sponsored; sponsoring.

Wiktionary
sponsor

n. 1 A person or organisation with some sort of responsibility for another person or organisation, especially where the responsibility has a religious, legal, or financial aspect. 2 # A senior member of a twelve step or similar program assigned to a guide a new initiate and form a partnership with him. 3 One that pays all or part of the cost of an event, a publication, or a media program, usually in exchange for advertising time. vb. (context transitive English) To be a sponsor for.

WordNet
sponsor

  1. n. someone who supports or champions something [syn: patron, supporter]

  2. an advocate who presents a person (as for an award or a degree or an introduction etc.) [syn: presenter]

sponsor

  1. v. assume sponsorship of [syn: patronize, patronise]

  2. assume responsibility for or leadership of; "The senator announced that he would sponsor the health care plan"

  3. do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of [syn: patronize, patronise, shop, shop at, buy at, frequent] [ant: boycott, boycott]

Wikipedia
Sponsor (commercial)

To sponsor something is to support an event, activity, person, or organization financially or through the provision of products or services. A sponsor is the individual or group that provides the support, similar to a benefactor.

Sponsor

Sponsor or sponsorship may refer to a person or organization with some sort of responsibility for another person or organisation:

  • Sponsor (commercial), supporter of an event, activity, or person
  • Sponsor (legislative), a person who introduces a bill
  • Sponsor (genus), a genus of beetles
  • Child sponsorship, form of charitable giving
  • Sponsor of ship naming and launching
  • Sponsor of baptism, see godparent
  • Sponsorship in a twelve-step program
  • Sponsorship, a key concept in self-relations psychotherapy

In popular culture:

  • "Sponsor" (song), a song by Teairra Marí
Sponsor (legislative)

A sponsor or patron is a person, usually a legislator, who presents a bill or resolution for consideration. Those who support it are known as cosponsors or copatrons.

Sponsor (genus)

Sponsor is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:

  • Sponsor aeneiventris Descarpentries, 1965
  • Sponsor aeneolus Descarpentries, 1969
  • Sponsor aeneus Guérin-Méneville, 1840
  • Sponsor alluaudi Kerremans, 1894
  • Sponsor ambiguus Lesne, 1937
  • Sponsor androyensis Lesne, 1937
  • Sponsor antamponensis Descarpentries, 1965
  • Sponsor antanala Descarpentries, 1969
  • Sponsor antelmei Lesne, 1918
  • Sponsor anthracinus Descarpentries, 1965
  • Sponsor antsihanaka Descarpentries, 1957
  • Sponsor ater Descarpentries, 1965
  • Sponsor auribasis Descarpentries, 1965
  • Sponsor betsimisaraka Descarpentries, 1965
  • Sponsor bicolor Descarpentries, 1965
  • Sponsor burgeoni Théry in Lesne, 1937
  • Sponsor caerulescens Guérin-Méneville, 1840
  • Sponsor calo Descarpentries, 1965
  • Sponsor carbonarius Théry, 1905
  • Sponsor cariei Lesne, 1918
  • Sponsor chalceus Descarpentries, 1965
  • Sponsor chalybaeus Descarpentries, 1969
  • Sponsor cobosi Bellamy, 1998
  • Sponsor convexus Gory & Laporte, 1839
  • Sponsor cupreoviolaceus Descarpentries, 1965
  • Sponsor cupreoviridis Descarpentries, 1965
  • Sponsor cupripennis Descarpentries, 1957
  • Sponsor cyaneus Descarpentries, 1965
  • Sponsor cyanipennis Descarpentries, 1965
  • Sponsor deplanatus (Théry, 1905)
  • Sponsor dermestoides Lesne, 1918
  • Sponsor desjardinsii Guérin-Méneville, 1840
  • Sponsor dissimilis Théry, 1931
  • Sponsor distinctus Descarpentries, 1969
  • Sponsor elegans Descarpentries, 1965
  • Sponsor elongatus Descarpentries, 1965
  • Sponsor emmaae Descarpentries, 1957
  • Sponsor emmerezi Lesne, 1918
  • Sponsor epicureus Descarpentries, 1965
  • Sponsor epistomalis Descarpentries, 1957
  • Sponsor fulgens Fairmaire, 1899
  • Sponsor fusiformis Lesne, 1924
  • Sponsor gagates Descarpentries, 1965
  • Sponsor gemmatus Descarpentries, 1965
  • Sponsor gianassoi Novak, 2002
  • Sponsor grandis Lesne, 1937
  • Sponsor granulicollis Descarpentries, 1965
  • Sponsor gyrinoides Lesne, 1918
  • Sponsor ignipennis Descarpentries, 1965
  • Sponsor indicus Lesne, 1937
  • Sponsor irideus Kerremans, 1902
  • Sponsor janthinus (Fairmaire, 1886)
  • Sponsor kerremansi (Théry, 1905)
  • Sponsor lepidus Lesne, 1918
  • Sponsor lesnei Théry, 1931
  • Sponsor livens Descarpentries, 1965
  • Sponsor macfadyeni Bellamy, 2004
  • Sponsor malartici Lesne, 1922
  • Sponsor mameti Descarpentries, 1957
  • Sponsor mandraranus Lesne, 1924
  • Sponsor marcsikae Holynski, 1997
  • Sponsor melanopus Descarpentries, 1965
  • Sponsor metallinus (Fairmaire, 1900)
  • Sponsor mirabilis Descarpentries, 1969
  • Sponsor montanus Descarpentries, 1969
  • Sponsor monticola Descarpentries, 1969
  • Sponsor montivagus Descarpentries, 1969
  • Sponsor niger Descarpentries, 1969
  • Sponsor nigricollis Descarpentries, 1965
  • Sponsor nigroaeneus Descarpentries, 1965
  • Sponsor nigrocyaneus Descarpentries, 1965
  • Sponsor oblongus Kerremans, 1902
  • Sponsor parilis Lesne, 1937
  • Sponsor parvulus Guérin-Méneville, 1840
  • Sponsor perrieri (Fairmaire, 1902)
  • Sponsor pexipennis Lesne, 1937
  • Sponsor peyrierasi Descarpentries, 1965
  • Sponsor picea (Fisher, 1922)
  • Sponsor pilosellus Kerremans, 1914
  • Sponsor pinguis Guérin-Méneville, 1840
  • Sponsor pseudelongatus Descarpentries, 1965
  • Sponsor pseudepistomalis Descarpentries, 1965
  • Sponsor pubescens Descarpentries, 1965
  • Sponsor pulcher Lesne, 1937
  • Sponsor pupa Lesne, 1924
  • Sponsor purpureipennis Descarpentries, 1965
  • Sponsor pygmaeus Lesne, 1922
  • Sponsor raffrayi Théry, 1931
  • Sponsor reunionensis Descarpentries, 1957
  • Sponsor rodriganus Lesne, 1918
  • Sponsor rufipes Descarpentries, 1965
  • Sponsor rufitarsis Lesne, 1918
  • Sponsor rutilans Descarpentries, 1965
  • Sponsor satanas Descarpentries, 1965
  • Sponsor semistrigosus (Fairmaire, 1902)
  • Sponsor senescens Descarpentries, 1969
  • Sponsor senilis Descarpentries, 1965
  • Sponsor sericeus (Kerremans, 1894)
  • Sponsor setosulus Lesne, 1937
  • Sponsor seyrigi Descarpentries, 1957
  • Sponsor similis Descarpentries, 1965
  • Sponsor somaliensis Holm & Wentzel, 1991
  • Sponsor splendens Guérin-Méneville, 1840
  • Sponsor subparallelus Lesne, 1918
  • Sponsor succinicola Descarpentries, 1969
  • Sponsor theryi Lesne, 1937
  • Sponsor tristis Descarpentries, 1965
  • Sponsor vadoni Lesne, 1937
  • Sponsor vadonianus Descarpentries, 1957
  • Sponsor vetustus Descarpentries, 1965
  • Sponsor viduus Descarpentries, 1969
  • Sponsor viettei Descarpentries, 1965
  • Sponsor vieui Descarpentries, 1965
  • Sponsor villosus Lesne, 1922
  • Sponsor vinsoni Lesne, 1937
  • Sponsor violaceipennis Descarpentries, 1969
  • Sponsor violaceus (Fairmaire, 1903)
  • Sponsor viridiaenus Descarpentries, 1969
  • Sponsor viridiauratus Descarpentries, 1965
  • Sponsor viridicoerulans Descarpentries, 1965

Usage examples of "sponsor".

The blurb had been sponsored by the Langstretch Detective Agency, which in turn started Floyt fretting over Alacrity and wondering what was happening to him.

Ballantyne Bras, sponsors a contestant in the Miss Rhododendron pageant every year.

The way Mick saw it, if he could convince Brewster to take him on as an apprentice, then he would have a sponsor, and that would get him over the first hurdle.

Mars missions at this time include hydrological surveys sponsored by Merck, JohnsonCo, and Werner GmbH.

Planned future Mars missions at this time include hydrological surveys sponsored by Merck, JohnsonCo, and Werner GmbH.

You made him what he is, Dad, recognized the talent in a ragged patronless kid, sponsored him, funded him through school, got him his position at the Institute.

Finally the biomembrane, its sponsor decals gleaming, disappeared into the opening, followed first by Pitkin and then, as the music reached a despondent coda, by the laureates in single file, their lighted torches casting shadow-tremors on the walls.

Aspiring Jewish lawyers in those years who could actually find a prefector to sponsor them were either tapped for the Jewish firm, Wolf, Block, or forced to chew the legal scraps tossed them by their betters, petty crimes and bankruptcies and slip and falls.

Sponsoring events gives companies the ability to test new proll ucts, launch new ideas and network.

In addition to the larger corporate sponsors, there are loads of small businesses who take advantage of associating themselves with the festival by promoting their products or services at the event.

The other sponsor was Kubin Ben Sarif, and the principal witness was Giraz.

The morning of the wedding, he screened Westlands editorial office and told them he had the inside story on the marriage and why the Duke was sponsoring it.

It had been eleven centuries since the last religious war among humans, and no Spiritist had ever sponsored a pogrom, crusade, inquisition, jihad, or witch-hunt.

It was a transnational organization with a visible footprint, albeit from relief work, and no official state sponsor.

And Kile Tripley, head of the Tripley Foundation, which had sponsored the missions.