sponsor

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

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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.

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

  1. (transitive) To be a sponsor for.

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

  1. sponsor

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sponsor

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

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From English sponsor.

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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)

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sponsor m. inv.

  1. sponsor (commercial)

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spōnsor (genitive spōnsōris); m, third declension

  1. a bondsman, surety

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

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

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sponsor c.

  1. a sponsor

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