SPONSOR

I. noun see: spouse Date: 1651 one who presents a candidate for baptism or confirmation and undertakes responsibility for the person's religious education or spiritual welfare, one who assumes responsibility for some other person or thing, a person or an organization that pays for or plans and carries out a project or activity, ~ial adjective ~ship noun II. transitive verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 1869 to be or stand ~ for