spon·sor (sp n s r)n. 1. One who assumes responsibility for another person or a group during a period of instruction, apprenticeship, or probation. 2. One who vouches for the suitability of a candidate for admission. 3. A legislator who proposes and urges adoption of a bill. 4. One who presents a candidate for baptism or confirmation; a godparent. 5. One that finances a project or an event carried out by another person or group, especially a business enterprise that pays for radio or television programming in return for advertising time. tr.v. spon·sored, spon·sor·ing, spon·sors To act as a sponsor for. [Late Latin sp  nsor, sponsor in baptism, from Latin, surety, from spnsus, past participle of spond re, to pledge; see spend- in Indo-European roots.]spon·so ri·al (-sôr-l, -sr-) adj.spon sor·ship n. |
sponsored [ˈspɒnsəd]
adj
denoting an activity organized to raise money for a charity in which sponsors agree to donate money on completion of the activity, or a specified period or amount of it, by participants a sponsored walk
Translations
sponsored
adj (Brit: for charity etc) walk, silence etc → gesponsert
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