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.
1 to write a bill (= a formal statement of a planned new law) and try to get people to vote for it:
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:
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.
6 a person who officially takes responsibility for someone else's actions:
7 to support a person, organization, or activity by giving money, encouragement, or other help:
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:
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:
The event was sponsored by several local businesses.
I'm trying to get people at work to sponsor me to do a hundred-mile cycle.
Our sponsors have backed out.
We're looking for sponsors.
A lot of television series now have sponsors.
What it does have is the ability to market and organise sports events, and extract a high price from advertisers and sponsors.
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