Meaning of Sponsor | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A person or organization with some sort of responsibility for another person or organization, especially where the responsibility has a religious, legal, or financial aspect.
2. A senior member of a twelve step or similar program chosen to guide an initiate and form a partnership with them.
3. A person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, media program, etc., usually in exchange for advertising.

Equivalents

Examples

“He was my sponsor when I applied to join the club.”

“They were my sponsors for immigration.”

“The colonel and his sponsor made a queer contrast: Greystone [the sponsor] long and stringy, with a face that seemed as if a cold wind was eternally playing on it. […] But there was not a more lascivious reprobate and gourmand in all London than this same Greystone.”

“My narcotics anonymous sponsor became my best friend when I finally was able to do something about my meth problem.”

“Members also choose a sponsor, with whom they are supposed to remain in regular, even daily, contact—and that, too, is a powerful boost for monitoring.”

“And now a word from our sponsor.”

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