# sponsored (financial)

to pay money or material to support a person or event so that they can advertise

- Computed level: L18 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: humanActivities  ·  Arena: emergenceLexicon

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [pay](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-pay.economic), [support](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-support.assistance), [money](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-money.economic), [material](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-material.physical)

**Through:** paying money and providing material together support a person or event, enabling advertisement

**Novel properties:**
- financial backing
- public promotion
- resource exchange

## Examples
- The NCAA tournament is sponsored by Coca-Cola, with branding displayed during broadcasts. *(institutions)*
- Red Bull sponsors Felix Baumgartner's stratosphere jump, providing $50 million for the record-breaking skydive. *(events)*
- The Linux Foundation receives sponsorship from IBM, which donated $300 million to support open-source development. *(computing)*

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-sponsored.financial*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-sponsored.financial.json*  
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