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Sponsor : (noun)
1: someone who supports or champions something [syn: patron,
supporter]
2: an advocate who presents a person (as for an award or a
degree or an introduction etc.) [syn: presenter]
(verb)
1: assume sponsorship of [syn: patronize, patronise]
2: assume responsibility for or leadership of; "The senator
announced that he would sponsor the health care plan"
3: do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or
client of [syn: patronize, patronise, shop, shop at,
buy at, frequent] [ant: boycott, boycott]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Sponsor : \Spon"sor\, n. [L., from spondere, sponsum, to engage
one's self. See Spose.]
1. One who binds himself to answer for another, and is
responsible for his default; a surety.
2. One who at the baptism of an infant professore the
christian faith in its name, and guarantees its religious
education; a godfather or godmother.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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SPONSOR, civil law. He who intervenes for another voluntarily and without
being requested. The engagement which he enters into is only accessory to
the principal. Vide Dig. 17, 1, 18; Nov. 4, ch. 1 Code de Com. art. 158,
159; Code Nap. 1236 Wolff, Inst. Sec. 1556.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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