Sponsor
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To be a sponsor for.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A person or organisation with some sort of responsibility for another person or organisation, especially where the responsibility has a religious, legal, or financial aspect. One that pays all or part of the cost of an event, a publication, or a media program, usually in exchange for advertising time.
Example sentence: Too many countries that do not play by the free trade rules of the World Trade Organization - including, notably mercantilist China and monopolist Saudi Arabia - have been allowed in, to the detriment of both the WTO and the liberal trading environment it is supposed to sponsor.
Patron
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A supporterA customerA property owner who hires a contractor for construction worksAn influential, wealthy person who supported an artist, craftsman, a scholar or a noble.
Example sentence: Let's get on our knees and pray. I don't know to whom. Is there a patron saint of ballistics gel?