sponsorverb [ T ]
uk/ˈspɒn.sər/us/ˈspɑːn.sɚ/B2 to support a person, organization, or activity by giving money, encouragement, or other help:
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.
More examples
- I'll sponsor you for £10 - it's all in a good cause.
- I've sponsored her £1 for every mile that she runs.
- We're trying to find companies to sponsor us.
- 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.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Backing, supporting & defending
- -backed
- argumentation
- bale out
- bear
- behind every great/successful man there stands a woman idiom
- buttress
- carry
- defensible
- endorse
- espouse
- fight your corner idiom
- right behind sb idiom
- speak
- stake
- stand by sb
- stand by sth
- stand shoulder to shoulder with sb idiom
- strike
- sympathize
- sympathy
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sponsor
noun [ C ] ukus
Examples
- The players wore shirts with the sponsor's logo.
- Our sponsors have backed out.
- We're looking for sponsors.
- A lot of television series now have sponsors.
- Our sponsors are generally local companies.
B2
All the major theatres now have sponsors, especially for high-cost productions.
sponsorship
noun [ U ] uk/ˈspɒn.sə.ʃɪp/us/ˈspɑːn.sɚ.ʃɪp/
Examples
- corporate sponsorship
- They are hoping to attract a lucrative sponsorship deal.
- Schools are being encouraged to look for business sponsorship for sports teams.
- They are demanding restrictions on tobacco sponsorship of sporting events.
- We are looking for local sponsorship.
C1
The orchestra receives £2 million a year in sponsorship from companies.