sponsor
IPA: spˈɑnsɝ
noun
- 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.
- A senior member of a twelve step or similar program assigned to a guide a new initiate and form a partnership with him.
- One that pays all or part of the cost of an event, a publication, or a media program, usually in exchange for advertising time.
verb
- (transitive) To be a sponsor for.
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Examples of "sponsor" in Sentences
- In covering the story last Tuesday, The Times used the term "sponsor messages" in a weak effort to downplay the scope of PBS's sellout.
- The Heritage Classic is being played without a title sponsor this week, amid speculation that the PGA Tour will not return to Harbour Town Golf Links.
- Ford Motor Company came on as the title sponsor with a reported $1 million contribution in 2006 and a year later, AT&T stepped in and expanded the race to seven days from six.
- Some of the initial objectives of the 35-race series, to attract a title sponsor and sell broadcasting rights for the new end-of-series Champions Day at Ascot, have been achieved.
- Securing a title sponsor was seen as an important prerequisite to launching the series, which claims ambitions to become the Formula One or Champions League of the horse racing world.
- Then, we wanted a major magazine partner and approached Gourmet, Food and Wine or Bon Appétit A title sponsor was found and, now, it is officially known as Vegas Uncork'd By Bon Appétit.
- Then, we wanted a major magazine partner and approached Gourmet, Food and Wine or Bon Appétit A title sponsor was found and, now, it is officially known as Vegas Uncork'd By Bon Appétit.
- "I worked on the assembly line at Ford Motor Company, assembling spark plugs and other parts, but today, Ford Motor Company is the title sponsor of the Hoodie Awards that Rushion McDonald and I created."
- Giants MetLife Stadium CEO Takes Position With Jaguars Mark Lamping helped build a $1.6 billion stadium shared by two high-profile NFL teams, get that stadium a title sponsor and lure Super Bowl XLVIII to the New York/New Jersey region—and now he is leaving.
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