sponsorship

noun

USSPAHN-sur-ship/ˈspɑnsɚˌʃɪp/UKSPON-suh-ship/ˈspɒnsəʃɪp/

Pluralsponsorships

2 meanings of sponsorship

1
nouncountable or uncountable
Money, help, or support that a backer gives to a person, event, or cause.
Like a friend who pays for your ticket so you can join the trip.
The runner needed sponsorship to pay for her trip to the games.
Thanks to generous sponsorship, the school could buy new instruments.
Similarbacking, funding, support, patronage, financing
2
noununcountable
Being a sponsor: the role of helping to pay for a person, group, or event.
Like being the person who pays for a friend's lunch every week.
Their sponsorship of the local club involved both money and time.
She enjoyed the sponsorship of three students through college.
Similarpatronage, backing, support

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Origin

From "sponsor" plus the ending "-ship".