sponsor

See also Sponsor

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin sponsor (“a surety", in Late Latin "a sponsor in baptims”), from sponsus, past participle of spondeō

Noun

sponsor (plural sponsors)

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.

   He was my sponsor when I applied to join the club.

   They were my sponsors for immigration.

2. One that pays all or part of the cost of an event, a publication, or a media program, usually in exchange for advertising time.

   And now a word from our sponsor.

3. A senior member of a twelve step or similar program assigned to a guide a new initiate and form a partnership with him

   My narcotics anonymous sponsor became my best friend when I finally was able to do something about my meth problem.

Synonyms

• (one that pays the cost of event, media program): patron, underwriter

Translations

person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)

Czech: sponzor (cs) m. German: Sponsor (de) m., Sponsorin (de) f. Manx: barrantagh (gv) m. Russian: поручитель (ru) (poručít'el') m. Spanish: patrocinador (es) m., patrocinadora (es) f.

Swahili: mfadhili (sw) Swedish: fadder (sv) c., gudmor (sv) c., gudfar (sv) c. Volapük: (♂+♀) spönan (vo), (♂) hispönan (vo), (♀) jispönan (vo) Welsh: noddwr (cy) m.

One that pays all or part of the cost of an event

German: Sponsor (de) m. Greek: χορηγός (el) (chorigós) m. Russian: спонсор (ru) (spónsor) m.

Swahili: mfadhili (sw) Swedish: sponsor (sv) c.

Verb

sponsor (third-person singular simple present sponsors, present participle sponsoring, simple past and past participle sponsored)

1. (transitive) To be a sponsor for.

Derived terms

• sponsorial
• sponsorship

Translations

to be a sponsor for

Czech: sponzorovat (cs) Dutch: sponsoren (nl) Romanian: sponsoriza (ro) Scottish Gaelic: sponsairich (gd)

Spanish: patrocinar (es) Swahili: mfadhili (sw) Swedish: sponsa (sv), sponsra (sv)

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Translations to be checked

French: financer, parrainer (fr), patronner (fr) German: sponsern

External links

• sponsor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• sponsor in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Dutch

Noun

sponsor m. and f. (plural sponsors or sponsoren, diminutive sponsortje)

1. sponsor

Synonyms

• financierder

Verb

sponsor

1. first-person singular present indicative of sponsoren.
2. imperative of sponsoren.

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French

Etymology

From English sponsor.

Noun

sponsor m. (plural sponsors)

1. sponsor offering financial support in sports, arts or cultural actions in exchange for notoriety

   Pour mieux trouver le commettant, ou le « sponsor » qui financera les travaux, le chercheur définit un programme, chiffré en temps et en argent. (L'Expansion, févr. 1972, p. 30, col. 2)

2. (Middle East business) sponsor cashing on foreign investors

   Vous voulez faire des affaires au Koweit ? Il faut d'abord trouver un sponsor, koweitien, savoir qu'il vous prendra un honnête pourcentage (13 à 15 %) mais refusera d'endosser le moindre risque et disparaîtra au premier accrochage. (Le Nouvel Observateur, 4 févr. 1974, p. 29, col. 2)

Synonyms

• (patron) commanditaire, mécène, parrain
• (Middle East business) caution, garant, répondant

Derived terms

• sponsorisation
• sponsoriser

References

• "sponsor" in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Italian

Etymology

English

Noun

sponsor m. inv.

1. sponsor (commercial)

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Latin

Noun

spōnsor (genitive spōnsōris); m, third declension

1. a bondsman, surety

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	spōnsor	spōnsōrēs
genitive	spōnsōris	spōnsōrum
dative	spōnsōrī	spōnsōribus
accusative	spōnsōrem	spōnsōrēs
ablative	spōnsōre	spōnsōribus
vocative	spōnsor	spōnsōrēs

References

• sponsor in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879

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Swedish

Noun

sponsor c.

1. a sponsor

Declension

Declension of sponsor

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sponsor	sponsorn	sponsorer	sponsorerna
genitive	sponsors	sponsorns	sponsorers	sponsorernas

Related terms

• sponsra
• sponsring