sponsor Значение & определение

Значение на sponsor на български

• 0 (of a business or other organization) to pay for someone to do something or for something to happen:

  • The participants' employers sponsor them for the six-month training program.

  • His organization sponsored the study.

  • BMW has plenty of practice sponsoring golf tournaments in Europe.

  • The team is sponsored by JVC, so the players wear the letters JVC on their shirts.

  • Eva said she was doing a ten-mile walk for charity and asked if I'd sponsor her.

  • Get your friends and family to sponsor you.

• 1 to write a bill (= a formal statement of a planned new law) and try to get people to vote for it:

  • A bill is normally sponsored by the cabinet and introduced into Parliament by a cabinet minister.

• 2 to organize talks between different groups:

  • The World Health Organization sponsored talks on an international convention meant to reduce smoking and tobacco-related disease.

  • It was the first time that the USA had officially sponsored negotiations between the two sides.

• 3 to officially take responsibility for someone else's actions:

  • In general, immigrants qualified by having a close relative or employer sponsor them for a visa.

  • The children are very close to the godparents who sponsored them at baptism.

• 4 a person or company that supports a person, organization, or activity by giving money:

  • All the major theatres now have sponsors, especially for high-cost productions.

  • The players wore shirts with the sponsor's logo on the front.

  • How many sponsors have you got?

  • The children have been collecting sponsors for their swimathon.

• 5 someone who writes a bill (= a formal statement of a planned new law) and tries to get people to vote for it:

  • I commend the bill 's sponsor for introducing such necessary legislation.

  • The Senator is listed as a sponsor on all five bills.

• 6 a person who officially takes responsibility for someone else's actions:

  • Under the program, family members would act as sponsors for addicts.

  • For immigrants without a sponsor, marriage to a U. S. citizen can be the fastest route to legal status.

  • He was a sponsor at the baptism of Richard and Eliza's daughter Elizabeth in 1837.

• 7 to support a person, organization, or activity by giving money, encouragement, or other help:

  • The Rotary Club sponsors Little League baseball in the summer.

• 8 to provide money for a television or radio programme, website, sports event, or other activity in exchange for advertising:

  • We found a major shoe manufacturer that would like to sponsor the series.

  • The event was sponsored by several local businesses.

• 9 if someone in a position of authority sponsors a new idea, especially a law, they give it their support:

  • Six Senators originally sponsored the bill.

• 10 to give money to support a person, organization, or activity:

  • We sponsor children in developing countries.

• 11 a company or organization that provides money for a television or radio programme, website, sports event, or other activity in exchange for advertising:

  • And now a word from our sponsors.

  • We are grateful to our corporate sponsors for making this event free to the public.

• 12 someone in a position of authority who gives their support to a new idea, especially a new law:

  • The bill is sponsored by one Democrat and one Republican.

• 13 someone who supports a person, organization, or activity by giving money:

  • We encourage our employees to become sponsors of participants in the charity run.