sponsor

Everyday

1. A sponsor is a person or company that gives money to support an event, team or person, often to get their name shown. tree →
2. A sponsor is someone who promises to give money to charity if you do a task, like a sponsored walk. tree →
3. To sponsor is to give that money or support. tree →
4. At a christening, a sponsor is a person who promises to help bring up a child in their faith. tree →

In the lessons

In school, children do sponsored walks, swims or silences: family and friends promise money for each lap or mile, and it goes to charity. In sport, team shirts show sponsors' names. In maths, sponsorship gives money problems: money = laps × amount per lap. Phrases: «a sponsored walk», «sponsor me», «sponsor form», «sponsored by».

Examples

• Will you sponsor me for the charity swim? tree →
• Grandad sponsored me one pound for every lap. tree →
• The football shirts show the sponsor's name. tree →
• Our school did a sponsored walk to raise money. tree →
• The show was sponsored by a toy company. tree →
• I swam 20 lengths at 50 cents each, so my sponsor gave $10. tree →
• I suppose the creature must be christened, but I don’t see how we are to ask anyone to be sponsor to him, and what are we to call him?’ tree →

Note

Ends in «-or», not «-er». Noun: «sponsorship». In maths, total sponsor money = number of laps (or miles) × money per lap, plus any fixed amounts.