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laiduotojas

English translation: sponsor, guarantor

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Lithuanian term or phrase:laiduotojas
English translation:sponsor, guarantor
Entered by: Gintautas Kaminskas

13:44 Dec 7, 2009
Lithuanian to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general)
Lithuanian term or phrase: laiduotojas
laidavimo sutartis
Olga Prisekina-Olrichs
Netherlands
Local time: 11:04
sponsor, guarantor
Explanation:
laidas = guarantee

laidavimo sutartis = sponsorship agreement
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Gintautas Kaminskas
Australia
Local time: 19:04
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4 +1sponsor, guarantor
Gintautas Kaminskas
5guarantor
Sergijus Kuzma


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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
sponsor, guarantor


Explanation:
laidas = guarantee

laidavimo sutartis = sponsorship agreement

Gintautas Kaminskas
Australia
Local time: 19:04
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in LithuanianLithuanian
PRO pts in category: 325

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Dr Lofthouse
1 hr
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41 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
guarantor


Explanation:
A person or organization who provides a guaranty. (Oxford American Dictionary)

Sergijus Kuzma
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:04
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in LithuanianLithuanian, Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 40

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Valters Feists: Because "sponsor" is mostly confined to the context of education and immigration sponsoring. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sponsor , http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-guarantor.htm
20 hrs
disagree  Gintautas Kaminskas: It is the also precise word constantly used in reference to clinical studies.
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