sponsorshipn.
/ˈspɒnsəʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈspɑn(t)sərˌʃɪp/ The state of being a sponsor; the office of a sponsor.
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society > faith > worship > sacrament > baptism > [noun] > person undergoing > sponsor of > state of being
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > [noun] > a bondsman or guarantor > position of or state of being
borrowgang1303
borrowheadc1380
borrowagec1440
borrowshipc1440
suretyship1535
cautionry1630
pledgery1706
guarantorship1885
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [noun] > resolution > sponsorship of
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1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas IV. xi. i. 246 The governor's lady, wishing to draw the bonds of sponsorship still closer in this friendly party, stood for Scipio's daughter.
1848 C. Kingsley Saint's Trag. ii. vi. 96 It knits them unto me, and me to them, That bond of sponsorship.
1895 Daily News 16 Feb. 2/4 To undertake the sponsorship of a resolution which asks the House to put aside this measure.
1931 P. Dixon Radio Writing 25 The sponsorship of the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra by Philco.
1931 P. Dixon Radio Writing 26 The men who do ‘Amos 'n' Andy’..worked for years without sponsorship and at very small salaries.
1955 Bull. Atomic Scientists Mar. 104/3 Will sponsorship, however, be forthcoming soon enough and on a sufficient scale?
1966 Oxfam 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.
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