sponsorship Syllabification: (spon·sor·ship)Pronunciation: /ˈspänsərˌSHip/Translate sponsorship | into French | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of sponsorship noun the position of being a sponsor:the company’s sponsorship of the tournament financial support received from a sponsor:he has attracted more than $50,000 in sponsorshipsponsorship in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of sponsorship in the British & World English dictionary