Meanings
nounsponsorship (countable and uncountable, plural sponsorships)
plural sponsorships
- uncountableThe state or practice of being a sponsor.
I find that for me, my sponsorship of a child via a charitable NGO provides a sense of great satisfaction.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Latinsponsor
- Englishsponsor
- Proto-Germanic*skapjaną
- Englishsponsorship
Translations
Bulgarian спо́нсорство
- спо́нсорство (spónsorstvo)state or practice
Finnish tukeminen, sponsorius
- tukeminenstate or practice
- sponsoriusstate or practice
- tukiaid or support
- sponsorointiaid or support
French parrainage
- parrainageaid or support
German Sponsoring
- Sponsoringstate or practice
Greek χορηγία
- χορηγία (chorigía)aid or support
Indonesian sponsor, pensponsoran
- sponsorstate or practice
- pensponsoranstate or practice
Irish urraíocht, urrú
- urraíochtstate or practice
- urrústate or practice
- urraíochtaid or support
Malay tajaan
- tajaanstate or practice
Polish sponsoring
- sponsoringstate or practice
Portuguese patrocínio
- patrocínioaid or support
Russian спо́нсорство, спо́нсорство
- спо́нсорство (spónsorstvo)state or practice
- спо́нсорство (spónsorstvo)aid or support
Spanish padrinazgo
- padrinazgoaid or support
Turkish sponsorluk, sponsorluk
- sponsorlukstate or practice
- sponsorlukaid or support
Cite this entry
APA
sponsorship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sponsorship
MLA
“sponsorship.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sponsorship. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sponsorship,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sponsorship.
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