sponser

Noun

sponsor (plural sponsors)

1. A person or organization with some sort of responsibility for another person or organization, especially where the responsibility has a religious, legal, or financial aspect.
   • He was my sponsor when I applied to join the club.
   1. A senior member of a twelve step or similar program chosen to guide an initiate and form a partnership with them.
      • My narcotics anonymous sponsor became my best friend when I finally was able to do something about my meth problem.
2. A person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, media program, etc., usually in exchange for advertising.
   • And now a word from our sponsor.

   Synonyms:

   patron, underwriter

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