sponsoring [spon-ser]
Main Entry:
sponsor [spon-ser]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: help, promote
Synonyms: answer for, back, bankroll, be responsible for, finance, fund, grubstake, guarantee, patronize, put up money, stake, subsidize, vouch for
Antonyms: disapprove, discourage, hurt
Main Entry: appropriation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: allocation, setting aside
Synonyms: allotment, allowance, apportionment, assignment, budgeting, concession, donation, earmarking, endowing, funding, giving, grant, provision, setting apart, sponsoring, stipend, stipulation, subsidy
Antonyms: keeping, refusal, rejection
Main Entry: back
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: support
Synonyms: abet, abide by, advocate, ally, angel*, assist, bankroll, boost, champion, countenance, encourage, endorse, favor, finance, give a boost, give a leg up, give a lift, go to bat for, grubstake, sanction, second, side with, sponsor, stake, stand behind, stick by, stick up for, subsidize, sustain, underwrite, uphold
Antonyms: discourage, dissuade
Main Entry: endow
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: give large gift
Synonyms: accord, award, back, bequeath, bestow, come through with, confer, contribute, donate, empower, enable, endue, enhance, enrich, establish, favor, finance, found, fund, furnish, grant, heighten, invest, lay on, leave, make over, organize, promote, provide, settle on, sponsor, subscribe, subsidize, supply, support, vest in, will
Antonyms: receive, take
Main Entry: finance
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: offer loan money; set up in business
Synonyms: back, bank, bankroll, capitalize, endow, float*, fund, go for, grubstake, guarantee, juice*, lay on one, loan shark, patronize, pay for, pick up the check, pick up the tab, prime the pump, promote, provide funds, provide security, put up money, raise dough, sponsor, stake, subsidize, support, underwrite
Antonyms: call in, take
Main Entry: patronize
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: support a cause
Synonyms: assist, back, befriend, foster, fund, help, maintain, promote, sponsor, subscribe to
Antonyms: antagonize, contend, oppose
Main Entry: promote
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: help, advance
Synonyms: advertise, advocate, aid, assist, avail, back, befriend, benefit, bolster, boost, build up*, call attention to, champion, contribute, cooperate, cry*, develop, encourage, endorse, espouse, forward, foster, further, get behind, hype*, improve, nourish, nurture, patronize, plug*, popularize, propagandize, publicize, puff, push, push for, recommend, sell, serve, speak for, speed, sponsor, stimulate, subsidize, succor, support, uphold, urge, work for
Antonyms: condemn, discredit, dishonor, hurt
Main Entry: subsidize
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: give money to get started
Synonyms: angel*, back, bankroll, contribute, endow, finance, fund, grubstake, help, juice*, pick up the check, pick up the tab, prime the pump, promote, put up the money for, sponsor, stake, support, underwrite
Main Entry: support
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: take care of, provide for
Synonyms: angel*, attend to, back, bankroll, be a source of strength, bring up, buoy up, care for, chaperon, cherish, earn one's keep, encourage, feed, finance, fortify, foster, fund, give a leg up, guard, keep, keep an eye on, look after, maintain, make a living, nourish, nurse, pay expenses of, pay for, pick up the check, prop, put up money for, raise, set up, sponsor, stake, stiffen, strengthen, stroke, subsidize, succor, sustain, underwrite, uphold
Antonyms: let go, neglect, refuse, reject
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