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sponsorship|ˈspɒnsəʃɪp|
[f. sponsor n. + -ship.]
The state of being a sponsor; the office of a sponsor.
1809Malkin Gil Blas xi. i, The governor's lady, wishing to draw the bonds of sponsorship still closer in this friendly party, stood for Scipio's daughter. 1848Kingsley Saint's Trag. ii. v, It knits them unto me, and me to them, That bond of sponsorship. 1895Daily News 16 Feb. 2/4 To undertake the sponsorship of a resolution which asks the House to put aside this measure. 1931P. Dixon Radio Writing 25 The sponsorship of the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra by Philco. Ibid. 26 The men who do ‘Amos 'n' Andy’..worked for years without sponsorship and at very small salaries. 1955Bull. Atomic Sci. Mar. 104/3 Will sponsorship, however, be forthcoming soon enough and on a sufficient scale? 1966Oxfam News Oct. 4/1 A contingent..from Oxfam House took part in the walk and faces..became..winning and chatty as sponsorships were sought. 1978‘D. Rutherford’ Collision Course 20 Regent have decided to put some sponsorship money into motor racing. |