# sponsor

Pronunciation: US say "SPON-sur" /ˈspɑn.sɚ/; UK say "SPON-suh" /ˈspɒn.sə/

## Noun

1. A person or organization that funds all or part of an event, publication, broadcast program, or similar undertaking, usually in return for advertising.
   - Simple: A person or company that pays for an event or show, often to get advertising in return.
   - _Each sponsor received logo placement on the stadium's giant screens._
   - _Several sponsors withdrew their funding after the broadcast controversy._
3. A person or organization that takes on responsibility for another, especially when that responsibility is religious, legal, or financial in nature.
   - Simple: A person or group who takes responsibility for someone else, often in a religious, legal, or money matter.
   - _The church requires each child to have a sponsor present at the ceremony._
   - _As legal sponsor, he was responsible for the immigrant family's expenses._
4. An experienced member of a twelve-step or similar program chosen to guide a newcomer and form a supportive partnership with them.
   - Simple: An experienced member of a recovery program who guides and supports a newer member.
   - _A good sponsor listens without judgment and shares their own experience._
   - _She met her sponsor for coffee to work through the next step._

## Verb

2. To act as a sponsor for a person, organization, event, or program.
   - Simple: To take on the role of a sponsor for a person, group, or event.
   - _The corporation chose to sponsor the documentary in exchange for on-screen credits._
   - _Local businesses sponsor the annual marathon every spring._

## Origin

A learned borrowing from Latin spōnsor, meaning "a surety," and in Late Latin "a sponsor in baptism."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/sponsor (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).