sponsor:
(plural: ‘sponsors‘; for the right pronunciation of this word, please click here)
players with their sponsor ‘Bing’
a person or company or organisation (advertiser) that pays for a programme, sporting event, concert or some other programme on TV in return for publicity (advertising);
a person who takes on the responsibility of another person who is under some training, study course, instruction or probation;
a person who supports or vouches for the suitability of a candidate for admission into a school, college, club or organisation;
a legislator (a politician elected for some position) who presents or supports a bill or motion in a legislative council;
(in Christian religion) a person who presents a candidate, usually a baby or a young child, for baptism or confirmation;
a godparent,
‘Nike’ sports shoe company is the sponsor of this tennis player
Being the best football player, Jordan has Comfort Shoe Company as his sponsor paying him heavily for wearing its logo on his clothes and act as a spokesman for the company.
Every social event, like Aids Awareness Programme or Breast Cancer Awareness Programme, has several sponsors, those philanthropists who provide financial support for such programmes so that they get the satisfaction of their money being used for something good for the society.
Parents who act as sponsors for their own children who are doing prison sentence for some offences and getting parole (to be released from prison before the actual time is up) work together with the parole or probation officer to see to that their children behave well and stay comfortably and out of trouble.
