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单词 sponsor
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sponsorn.

Brit. /ˈspɒnsə/, U.S. /ˈspɑn(t)sər/
Etymology: < Latin sponsor, agent-noun < spondēre : compare sponsion n.
1. Ecclesiastical. One who answers for an infant at baptism; a godfather or godmother.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [noun] > a witness, testifier
witec900
witnessc950
witnessman10..
proofc1380
witnesserc1400
record1408
recorderc1425
test1528
testor1570
attestator1598
attester1598
testator1602
suffragator1606
testimoner1607
testifier1611
voucher1612
suffragant1613
testate1619
sponsor1651
testee1654
vouchee1654
adducer1681
testificator1730
circumstantiator1858
society > faith > worship > sacrament > baptism > [noun] > person undergoing > sponsor of
godmothereOE
godfathereOE
gossip1014
spiritual parent1526
testimony1547
surety1549
undertaker1645
sponsor1651
susceptor1655
godparent1693
sponsorial1836
1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 153 How could the Sponsors be indangered while there were Parents?
1737 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 21/1 It is well known, that the Business of Sponsors at Baptism is in general brought to a very scandalous Pass.
1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. iii, in Poems 132 Here, with an Infant, joyful Sponsors come.
1850 R. I. Wilberforce Doctr. Holy Baptism (ed. 3) 103 The practice of requiring sponsors at Baptism is of ancient date.
1907 F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (ed. 2 reissued) II. 237 When her daughter was born nothing would satisfy Lady Abdy but that Sir Ralph should stand sponsor.
figurative.1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxxiii. 292 His Lordship..was a credit to his political sponsor.
2.
a. One who enters into an engagement, makes a formal promise or pledge, on behalf of another; a surety.
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [noun] > one who promises or vows
swearerc1380
beheterc1384
behighterc1475
promiserc1475
vower1546
votary1548
avower?1555
bearer1579
obligee1590
jurora1593
vow-fellow1598
vow-maker1598
stipulator1611
votist1613
plightera1616
voter1621
obligatora1625
obliger1633
promissor1644
promisor1665
sponsor1677
pledger1768
sanctioner1846
pledgee1924
oath-keepera1973
1677 G. Miege New Dict. French & Eng. ii. sig. Zz3v/1 Sponsor, or surety that undertaketh for another.
1681 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. I iv. 267 Our Mediator is called the Sponsor, or Surety of a better Covenant.
1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero II. viii. 197 Magius, oppressed with debts,..had been urging Marcellus, who was his sponsor for some part of them, to furnish him with money to pay the whole.
1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Acct. Bks. 58/1 Sponsors also are of two kinds, one for appearance, the other for payment.
1864 D. G. Mitchell Seven Stories 107 I found it requisite..to become sponsor for his good conduct.
1880 J. Muirhead tr. Gaius Institutes iii. 220 The positions of sponsor and fidepromissor are much the same.
1880 J. Muirhead Inst. of Gaius & Rules of Ulpian Digest 535 All..who failed..to relieve sponsors (sureties) who had paid for them.
b. One who stood surety for the appearance and good faith of either party in a trial by combat.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > [noun] > trial > trial by combat > one who stood surety for party in
sponsor1825
1825 W. Scott Talisman xv, in Tales Crusaders IV. 326 The sponsors of both champions went, as was their duty, to see that they were duly armed, and prepared for combat.
1825 W. Scott Talisman xv, in Tales Crusaders IV. 336 The sponsors, heralds, and squires, now retired to the barriers.
3. transferred. Of things (after sense 1 or 2).
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1846 W. S. Landor Hellenics in Wks. II. 486 We are what suns and winds and waters make us; The mountains are our sponsors.
1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude 134 All the good days behind him are sponsors, who speak for him.
1889 F. E. Gretton Memory's Harkback 233 In Essex, especially, the aguish climate stood sponsor for the absence of clerics as a rule.
4. One who pays, or contributes towards, the cost of a broadcast programme or other spectacle, spec. in return for commercial advertisement.
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society > communication > broadcasting > putting on or producing broadcast > [noun] > people involved in putting on broadcast
script clerk1867
editor1881
programme builder1898
narrowcaster1930
story editor1930
sponsor1931
programme controller1934
scripter1936
lighting1956
producer1961
outside broadcaster1971
sound1972
programmer1978
1931 P. Dixon Radio Writing 18 The sponsor wants a dramatic type of program and is willing to spend one thousand dollars a week for the program.
1931 F. A. Arnold Broadcast Advertising x. 70 The sponsor or advertiser.
1953 Manch. Guardian Weekly 2 July 15/2 United States broadcasting started as a service of information and entertainment for the family accompanied by restrained acknowledgements to the sponsor before and after each programme.
1956 W. H. Auden & C. Kallman Magic Flute (1957) 57 To name a sponsor or to praise a brand.
1972 ‘E. Lathen’ Murder without Icing (1973) vii. 67 It is axiomatic in all sports coverage that the sponsor's time should never intrude on the action.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

sponsorv.

Brit. /ˈspɒnsə/, U.S. /ˈspɑn(t)sər/
Etymology: < sponsor n.
1. transitive.
a. To be surety for, to favour or support strongly.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > support or encourage [verb (transitive)]
shoveOE
to hold with (arch. of, on, for)1154
favour1362
abetc1380
sustainc1390
supportc1405
courage1470
comfort1481
friend1550
through-bear1554
countenance1568
foster1569
favourize1585
seconda1586
sidea1601
rally1624
feed1626
countenance1654
encourage1668
inserve1683
to go strong on1822
partake1861
sponsor1884
to hold a brief for1888
root1889
rah-rah1940
affirm1970
babysit1973
barrack-
1884 Liverpool Mercury 6 June 5/8 The eldest daughter, who has ever sponsored her father's cause.
1888 Standard 24 Feb. 5/1 The Company is to be most powerfully sponsored.
b. To promote and support (a resolution, bill, etc.), esp. in a legislative assembly.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > legislation > make (laws) or establish as law [verb (transitive)] > secure or promote passage of bill
promote1721
pilot1824
sponsor1961
1961 Time 14 July 25/3 The U.A.R. forthwith sponsored a Security Council resolution.
1964 Ann. Reg. 1963 iii. ii. 152 Virtually the same resolution as had been vetoed in the Security Council was sponsored in the General Assembly by 44 nations.
1973 Daily Tel. 19 Nov. 3/3 Sir Gerald Nabarro..successfully sponsored legislation on clean air, coroners, oil burners, and thermal insulation.
2. To pay, or contribute towards, the expenses of a radio or television programme, a performance or other event or work, spec. in return for advertising space or rights.
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society > communication > broadcasting > putting on or producing broadcast > put on or produce broadcast [verb (transitive)] > sponsor
sponsor1931
1931 F. A. Arnold Fourth Dimension x. 78 The travelogue type of program, sponsored by a tourist agency or a steamship company.
1931 P. Dixon Radio Writing 25 When an advertiser decides that the program's worth sponsoring.
1963 Amer. Notes & Queries 1 67/1 Ohio State University and its Press deserve great credit for sponsoring the work through the English Department, the University Libraries, and the Graduate School.
1976 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts June 364/2 But a lot of them are sponsoring these concerts now, which are being broadcast regularly with the names of the sponsors.
3. To support (someone) in a fund-raising activity by pledging a certain sum for each unit completed. Cf. sponsored adj. 2.
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1967 Oxfam News Jan. 2/3 Over £35,000 was raised by young people..sponsored by friends at a penny a mile or more.
1967 Oxfam News June 6/2 Marathon marches..are a big money-spinner... Everyone who walks collects threepence per completed mile from a friend who has sponsored them.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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