Backers - English meaning

noun

A person who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy.

Usage examples:

He was an untiring advocate of economic reform

verb

Publicly recommend or support.

Usage examples:

Voters supported candidates who advocated an assembly

verb

To speak in support of an idea or course of action

Usage examples:

[ t ] some people advocate teaching to the test., [ i ] the organization advocates for human rights…

noun

A spiritual being believed to act as an attendant, agent, or messenger of god, conventionally represented in human form with wings and a long robe.

Usage examples:

God sent an angel to talk to gideon

noun

A person who gives money or other help to a person or cause.

Usage examples:

A low-interest loan from a benefactor allowed them to build a floor for the exhibition hall

noun

Someone who gives money to help an organization, society, or person

noun

Someone who gives money to a person or organization, usually without expecting anything back in return

Usage examples:

They hope to find a benefactor, and turn the factory into a museum.

noun

A female benefactor.

Usage examples:

The program was organized in honor of a local benefactress of the arts, who was interested in harps…

noun

Someone who gives money to help an organization, society, or person

noun

Someone who gives money to a person or organization, usually without expecting anything back in return

Usage examples:

They hope to find a benefactor, and turn the factory into a museum.

noun

A person who has surpassed all rivals in a sporting contest or other competition.

Usage examples:

A champion hurdler

verb

Vigorously support or defend the cause of.

Usage examples:

He championed the rights of the working class and the poor

adjective

Excellent.

Usage examples:

‘thank ye, lad,’ the farmer said. ‘that's champion.’

noun

A person who defends someone or something.

Usage examples:

A determined defender of british interests

noun

A person who supports someone or something, esp. when attacked or criticized

Usage examples:

She is a defender of women’s rights., murray dribbled past a defender and fired the ball right into…

noun

A person concerned in the management of large amounts of money on behalf of governments or other large organizations.

Usage examples:

It should attempt to present the information a financier would require to make a reasonable investm…

noun

Someone who controls a large amount of money and can give or lend it to people or organizations

noun

A person or company that controls large amounts of money, for example providing money for investment, or arranging loans to companies

Usage examples:

The millionaire financier agreed to invest $500 million in the ailing company., a retail/real estat…

noun

A person with whom one has a bond of mutual affection, typically one exclusive of sexual or family relations.

Usage examples:

She's a friend of mine

verb

Add (someone) to a list of friends or contacts on a social networking website.

Usage examples:

I am friended by 29 people who i have not friended back

noun

A person you know well and like a lot, but who is usually not a member of your family

Usage examples:

I dreamed my school friends were being chased by a whale., today i got a call from a friend of mine…

noun

A person or thing that gives or acts as a guarantee.

Usage examples:

The role of the police as guarantors of public order

noun

A person or organization that promises to pay back a loan if the person or organization that originally borrowed the money does not

Usage examples:

Guarantor for/on sth some providers lend young people more if their parents agree to be guarantor f…

noun

A person or organization that puts money into financial schemes, property, etc. with the expectation of achieving a profit.

Usage examples:

Foreign investors in the british commercial property sector

noun

A person or group of people that puts its money into a business or other organization in order to make a profit

Usage examples:

Many stock-market investors who wanted to sell couldn’t find any buyers.

noun

A person, organization, or country that puts money into something in order to make a profit or receive interest

Usage examples:

An investor in sth the largest investor in the non-manufacturing sector was the uk., a large/major …

noun

A person who gives financial or other support to a person, organization, or cause.

Usage examples:

A celebrated patron of the arts

noun

A person or group that gives money or support to a person, an activity, or an organization

Usage examples:

Auchincloss is a longtime patron of the arts.

noun

Someone who uses a particular shop, restaurant, hotel, etc., especially regularly

Usage examples:

This car park is for patrons only., arts patron/patron of the arts the company has been a longtime …

noun

A person or company that finances or organizes a sporting event, concert, or theatrical production.

Usage examples:

A boxing promoter

noun

A person or company that organizes or finances a sports event or a performance, esp. of musical entertainment

noun

A person, organization, or government that tries to encourage something to happen or develop

Usage examples:

The country is now a leading promoter of regional trade., he was a promoter of education and the ar…

noun

A person who advocates a theory, proposal, or course of action.

Usage examples:

A strong proponent of the free market and liberal trade policies

noun

A person who supports an idea, plan, or cause

Usage examples:

Long a proponent of government health insurance, he pointed out that millions of americans have no …

noun

The leading character or one of the major characters in a play, film, novel, etc.

Usage examples:

The novel's main protagonist is an american intelligence officer

abbreviation

Second(s).

contraction

Is.

Usage examples:

It's raining

prefix

(used chiefly in oaths) god's.

Usage examples:

'sblood

noun

A person or organization that pays for or contributes to the costs involved in staging a sporting or artistic event in return for advertising.

Usage examples:

The production cost £50,000, most coming from local sponsors

verb

Provide funds for (a project or activity or the person carrying it out).

Usage examples:

Joe is being sponsored by a government training scheme

verb

To support a person, organization, or activity by giving money, encouragement, or other help

Usage examples:

The rotary club sponsors little league baseball in the summer., corporate sponsors support many pub…

noun

A government, organization, or other group that pays part of the cost of something

Usage examples:

European countries are quite aggressive subsidizers of grain exports., he claims the banks act as s…

noun

A person who approves of and encourages a public figure, political party, policy, etc.

Usage examples:

Labour supporters

noun

A person who actively helps someone

Usage examples:

Supporters of the bill expect it to pass., he is a strong supporter of states’ rights.

noun

A person or company that underwrites an insurance risk.

Usage examples:

None of the five main british insurance underwriters would be willing to offer cover

noun

An organization, or someone working for one, that underwrites insurance policies

Usage examples:

Mortgage insurance underwriters refuse coverage for loans made to borrowers with credit scores less…

noun

A person or organization that upholds (= defends) a law, a principle, or a decision that has been made

Usage examples:

She joined the police force and became an upholder of law and order., many of these men are regarde…