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Beneficiary vs Sponsor - What's the difference?

beneficiary | sponsor |

As nouns the difference between beneficiary and sponsor

is that beneficiary is one who benefits or receives an advantage while sponsor is sponsor.

As an adjective beneficiary

is holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession.

beneficiary

English

Noun

(beneficiaries)
  • One who benefits or receives an advantage.
    • You are the lucky beneficiary of this special offer.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2012
    • , date=September 7 , author=Dominic Fifield , title=England start World Cup campaign with five-goal romp against Moldova , work=The Guardian citation , page= , passage=The most obvious beneficiary of the visitors' superiority was Frank Lampard. By the end of the night he was perched 13th in the list of England's most prolific goalscorers, having leapfrogged Sir Geoff Hurst to score his 24th and 25th international goals. No other player has managed more than the Chelsea midfielder's 11 in World Cup qualification ties, with this a display to roll back the years. }}
  • (legal) One who benefits from the distribution, especially of an estate.
    • If any beneficiary''' does not survive the Settlor for a period of 30 days then the Trustee shall distribute that '''beneficiary'''’s share to the surviving '''beneficiaries by right of representation.

    Related terms

    * benefactor * benefactress

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • a feudatory or beneficiary king of England
  • Bestowed as a gratuity.
    • beneficiary gifts

    See also

    * (wikipedia "beneficiary")

    sponsor

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.
  • :
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  • *:The colonel and his sponsor made a queer contrast: Greystone [the sponsor] long and stringy, with a face that seemed as if a cold wind was eternally playing on it. […] But there was not a more lascivious reprobate and gourmand in all London than this same Greystone.
  • #A senior member of a twelve step or similar program assigned to a guide a new initiate and form a partnership with him.
  • #:
  • One that pays all or part of the cost of an event, a publication, or a media program, usually in exchange for advertising time.
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    • Synonyms

    * patron, underwriter

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To be a sponsor for.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson
    • , volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Fantasy of navigation , passage=Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.}}

    Derived terms

    * sponsorial * sponsorship

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