sponsoring

8 definitions • 11 examples

present participle of

(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.

(of a business or other organization) to pay the costs of a sports event, concert, etc., or of a sportsperson, in return for advertising:

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.

to agree to give money to someone who is taking part in an event to raise money for a special reason, especially to help people who are suffering:

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.

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.

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.

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.

(in the Christian church) to be someone's godparent at a baptism ceremony:

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