Find the word definition

Crossword clues for sponsorship

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
sponsorship
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
commercial
▪ But there was still a residue of the functions of social reputation and recommendation. Commercial sponsorship.
▪ The Belle before 1967 carried no commercial sponsorship. 2.
▪ The Football League, for example, has only accepted shirt advertising and fu 11 commercial sponsorship in the last few years.
▪ The gap between government parsimony and the needs of sport is filled by commercial sponsorship.
corporate
▪ And I don't mean corporate sponsorship.
▪ That piece of nostalgia, with corporate sponsorship from Miller Beer and Cellular One, is expected to be free.
▪ Television provides the main link between sport and corporate sponsorship.
▪ The visible presence of corporate sponsorship has steadily mushroomed.
▪ For that reason the concept of site specificity and corporate sponsorship are antithetical.
generous
▪ Fortunately, generous sponsorship of farming is still in place.
▪ In particular, we must note the generous and imaginative sponsorship of the group of king penguins by McVitie's Biscuits.
▪ Industry has been generous with its sponsorship and with technical support.
▪ De Beers were very generous in their sponsorship of this ball.
▪ The lecture received generous sponsorship from Lothian and Edinburgh Enterprise Limited.
▪ Meanwhile the committee set the rules and obtained generous sponsorship through local industry, together with donors for the two trophies.
new
▪ It is intended that this new sponsorship will become an annual event.
▪ The Saints have got new sponsorship and a new home ... the Oxford Speedway stadium.
▪ But winning new sponsorship deals can be extremely time consuming and frustrating for the organisers.
▪ Three first-division clubs have announced new sponsorship.
▪ Surrey have signed a new three-year sponsorship package with Foster's.
private
▪ We will continue to encourage private sector sponsorship of sport.
▪ I shall be happy to speak about private sponsorship of the arts if asked.
▪ This is partly the result of government policies aimed at reducing public funding in favour of increased private sponsorship.
■ NOUN
deal
▪ The company is doubling its sponsorship deal for the Henley rowers.
▪ Noades stormed out after eight clubs blocked the proposed £13million Bass sponsorship deal and six other club representatives followed him.
▪ But winning new sponsorship deals can be extremely time consuming and frustrating for the organisers.
form
▪ We can be contacted by writing to the address below or telephone where sponsorship forms can be obtained.
▪ Attached to this letter is your sponsorship form.
▪ Send off the coupon for your free T. Shirt and sponsorship form.
▪ This leaflet incorporated a sponsorship form and hopefully provided you with some inspiration for individual projects.
money
▪ The sponsorship money for the 30 squares amounted to £150,000 and paid all the production and advertising costs for the game.
▪ Just £10 in sponsorship money will protect ten people from river blindness for a year.
▪ He ran out of sponsorship money and had to take on odd jobs like window cleaning to fund his Formula Three programme.
▪ Matthew raised over £1,1OO in sponsorship money, which he donated to the Multiple Sclerosis Society.
▪ To date, £700 in sponsorship money has been collected for Cystic Fibrosis.
▪ Those who can persuade potential benefactors that they have the ear of their party leaders can expect rich rewards in sponsorship money.
package
▪ Please send me a sponsorship package and free t-shirt as soon as possible.
▪ There was now a big marketing and sponsorship package for the sport, so publicity was important.
▪ President Peter Quinn today welcomed the sponsorship package and expressed the hope that it will help to enhance the leagues.
▪ Surrey have signed a new three-year sponsorship package with Foster's.
▪ They made a bad start by losing to Worcestershire, who received a £4000 bonus as part of the sponsorship package.
tobacco
▪ However, Mr. Lawson then continues by making no distinction whatsoever between tobacco sponsorship and any other form of sponsorship.
▪ In addition, young people's purchasing patterns can be influenced by the advertising and tobacco sponsorship of sports.
■ VERB
advertise
▪ Maybe it's the Audi posters advertising sponsorship of the meeting, or the lines of policemen protecting Kentucky Fried Chicken outlets.
▪ Revenues will initially be derived from advertising and sponsorship.
▪ Restrictions on advertising and sports sponsorship can have an immediate impact on rates of teenage smoking.
▪ Internet revenue will be obtained through classified advertising, section sponsorship and an e-commerce section for New Woman Direct.
obtain
▪ However, she obtained financial sponsorship from a company and managed by living frugally.
raise
▪ To be eligible for the free weekend runners must raise at least £150 in sponsorship.
▪ There is a £10 entry fee and each participant should raise £50 in sponsorship in order to take part.
▪ An amount of £30 was raised through donations and sponsorship and this was handed over together with the knitted gifts.
▪ The target for each member is to raise £60 in sponsorship from friends and relatives.
▪ Matthew raised over £1,1OO in sponsorship money, which he donated to the Multiple Sclerosis Society.
▪ She accepted the Swimsafe challenge and covered 45 lengths of the Blackpool Lido swimming baths to raise over £80 in sponsorship.
▪ The number of teams more than doubled as word spread round the pubs, and £120 was raised through sponsorship for charity.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a ban on tobacco company sponsorship of sports events
▪ Companies can help projects by providing financial sponsorship, office space, or printing facilities.
▪ Corporate sponsorship ensures that far more money finds its way into sport than would otherwise be the case.
▪ The exhibition received £50,000 in government sponsorship.
▪ The government has tightened regulations for sponsorship of new immigrants.
▪ The tobacco industry's sponsorship of sporting events is controversial.
▪ We are looking for sponsorship from local businesses.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But winning new sponsorship deals can be extremely time consuming and frustrating for the organisers.
▪ Corporate sponsorship ensures that far more money finds its way into sport than would otherwise be the case.
▪ In the coming year we are launching a comprehensive sponsorship programme to attract corporate donations and specific sponsorship.
▪ Now about that little matter of club sponsorship.
▪ Obviously it would be better for both parties if all the sponsorship we need comes from a single organisation.
▪ Our only hope is sponsorship but even here I feel that most corporations would prefer investment.
▪ Television provides the main link between sport and corporate sponsorship.
▪ There is a £10 entry fee and each participant should raise £50 in sponsorship in order to take part.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sponsorship

Sponsorship \Spon"sor*ship\ (sp[o^]n"s[~e]r*sh[i^]p), n. State of being a sponsor.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
sponsorship

1753, from sponsor (n.) + -ship.

Wiktionary
sponsorship

n. 1 (context uncountable English) The state or practice of being a sponsor. 2 (context countable and uncountable English) The aid or support provided by a sponsor; backing or patronage.

WordNet
sponsorship

n. the act of sponsoring (either officially or financially)

Usage examples of "sponsorship".

And knowing Lipari, he could easily pass off his sponsorship of Altim Burka as misplaced.

Even without such clearly partisan sponsorship, this massive assemblage of the Petersburg intelligentsia in the heavily charged atmosphere created by the massacre at Bezdna, the student demonstrations, the proclamations, the arrests, and the recent sentencing of Mikhailov could hardly have avoided taking on the significance of a public protest.

We were giddy knowing that our days were now our own, but worried that those days would become unaffordable on our present savings and sponsorships.

Nothing untoward was reported or hinted at in the newspapers, and importantly, nothing was ever said or written by John Adams, who, of all men, would have been enraged by any disrespect shown a minister of the United States being presented under his sponsorship.

Editorials lambasted the cowardice of the fleeing criminals, and the Gridnovsky publishing empire threw its weight behind a variety of remedies: Murderer Starter Kits, sponsorship deals for elegant archvillains, and women's magazine articles with titles like “Ten Ways To Find Out If He's Cheating On You (And Deserves To Die).

Hence, under the sponsorship of the Cosmocratic Government of North America, the Galactic Council and its arm, the Galactic Patrol, came into their own.

Hence, under the sponsorship of the Cosmocratic government of North America, the Galactic Council and its arm, the Galactic Patrol, came into their own.

The grades or degrees within which marriage is forbidden should be changed, as, for instance, the sponsorships and the third and fourth degrees and if the pope can grant dispensation in these matters for money and for the sake of the shameful traffic, 192 then every parish priest may give the same dispensations gratis and for the salvation of souls.

Illuminati conspiracy with direct authorship of the French Revolution and the Bolshevik uprising, as well as sponsorship of the Trilateral Commission and the comsymp "Eastern Establishment" generally.

In the 1850s, following the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act under the sponsorship of Senators Clay and Webster--Calhoun felt it was not stringent enough--a subtle, undeclared war erupted between the slave-owners and the enemies of the peculiar institution.

Of whist drives and raffles and pub quiz competitions, of wet T-shirt contests (there seemed to have been many of these) and of guided tours and sponsorship deals.

Editorials lambasted the cowardice of the fleeing criminals, and the Gridnovsky publishing empire threw its weight behind a variety of remedies: Murderer Starter Kits, sponsorship deals for elegant archvillains, and women's magazine articles with titles like “.

However, despite occasional setbacks he succeeded in his aim, which was to obtain sponsorship from both his patron the Earl of Suffolk as well as certain merchants including the Abell family and others involved in the German and Baltic trade for a party of Magdalene scholars to attend the Rudolstadt Colloquy in April and to attempt to procure additional source material from Grantville itself.

Like Goolagong-Cawley, to succeed, Freeman has had to become tunnel-visioned, her life a succession of training, travelling, competing, gymnasium, massage, physiotherapy, media, sponsorship appearances, exhaustion and sleep.

The Very Reverend Jevon Knapp also disapproved of Monica's sponsorship, but he knew much more about it.