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sponsorship

/ˈspɒnsəʃɪp/

A2CEFR level
20/100Rarity: fairly common
TechnicalRegister

Law noun

The formal undertaking by a person or employer to support a foreign national's application to enter or remain.

Her work visa depended on continued sponsorship by a licensed employer.

Topic: Immigration law in Legal English

Business noun

Senior advocacy that actively spends political capital to advance someone's career, going well beyond advice.

Mentorship got her ready; sponsorship is what put her name forward for the promotion when she wasn't in the room.

Topic: Leadership & management in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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