The meaning of Backing

noun

Public support for or recommendation of a particular cause or policy.

Usage examples:

His outspoken advocacy of the agreement has won no friends

noun

Public support of an idea, plan, or way of doing something

Usage examples:

An advocacy group/organization he got a reminder from the business advocacy group that he should be…

noun

Help, typically of a practical nature.

Usage examples:

He saw the pilot slumped in his cockpit and went to his aid

verb

Help or support (someone or something) in the achievement of something.

Usage examples:

Women were aided in childbirth by midwives

abbreviation

Artificial insemination by donor.

noun

The action of approving something.

Usage examples:

The road schemes have been given approval

noun

The action of helping someone by sharing work.

Usage examples:

The work was completed with the assistance of carpenters

noun

Help, especially money or resources that are given to people, countries, etc. when they have experienced a difficult situation

Usage examples:

Need/seek assistance the minister revealed that the banking industry needed assistance from the tax…

phrasal verb

Move backwards from a certain position

phrasal verb

To stop being involved in a situation, usually in order to allow other people to deal with it themselves

Usage examples:

She started to criticize me, then she suddenly backed off., just back off and let us do this on our…

verb

Retrace one's steps.

Usage examples:

Marilyn backtracked and went down into the basement

verb

To go back the same way you came, or to consider information again

Usage examples:

We need to backtrack a bit and examine the history of this problem., the government backtracked on …

noun

A roll of banknotes.

Usage examples:

After showing them his gun, he throws them a large bankroll of cash and invites them to come work f…

verb

Support (a person, organization, or project) financially.

Usage examples:

The project is bankrolled by wealthy expatriates

noun

The money that a person or organization possesses

Usage examples:

More than half of his bankroll during the election campaign came from texas., this was a joint prog…

verb

Make a sudden flinching movement out of fear or pain.

Usage examples:

He blenched and struggled to regain his composure

noun

God's favour and protection.

Usage examples:

May god continue to give us his blessing

verb

Pronounce words in a religious rite in order to confer or invoke divine favour upon; ask god to look favourably on.

Usage examples:

He blessed the dying man and anointed him

noun

A prayer asking for god’s help, or a prayer of thanks for god’s help

Usage examples:

Before we eat, sam will say the blessing., it was a blessing that nobody was hurt in the accident.,…

noun

A contest for the position of champion in a sport or game.

Usage examples:

The final round of the championship will be in japan

noun

Formal or official praise.

Usage examples:

The film deserved the highest commendation

noun

The action or process of working together to the same end.

Usage examples:

They worked in close cooperation with the british tourist authority

noun

The process of working with another company, organization, or country in order to achieve something

Usage examples:

Economic/international/global cooperation, cooperation with sb/sth marketing networks have been enh…

verb

Crouch down in fear.

Usage examples:

Children cowered in terror as the shoot-out erupted

noun

The action of endorsing someone or something.

Usage examples:

The issue of full independence received overwhelming endorsement

noun

The act of making a public statement of your support for something or someone

Usage examples:

[ u ] both candidates have been seeking the union’s endorsement., [ c ] some athletes get contracts…

noun

A statement made by someone in an advertisement, especially a well-known person, saying that they use and like a particular product

Usage examples:

The company is considering other marketing tactics like celebrity endorsement and using cartoon cha…

noun

An act of adopting or supporting a cause, belief, or way of life.

Usage examples:

His espousal of western ideas

abbreviation

Feminine.

symbol

(in units of measurement) femto- (10−15).

Usage examples:

The detection limits of the enzymatic activity tests are between 10 and 500 fg per test

noun

The sixth letter of the alphabet.

Usage examples:

They are guaranteed f's if they goof around

noun

The management of large amounts of money, especially by governments or large companies.

Usage examples:

The firm's finance department

verb

Provide funding for (a person or enterprise).

Usage examples:

The health service is financed almost entirely by the taxpayer

verb

The commercial activity of providing funds and capital

verb

Provide funding for (a person or enterprise).

Usage examples:

The health service is financed almost entirely by the taxpayer

noun

The management of large amounts of money, especially by governments or large companies.

Usage examples:

The firm's finance department

noun

Money that a person or company borrows for a particular purpose, or the process of getting this money or arranging for it to be paid

Usage examples:

Apply for/arrange/get financing (for sth) when you've found the land you want to buy, you'll need t…

noun

A sum of money saved or made available for a particular purpose.

Usage examples:

He had set up a fund to coordinate economic investment

verb

Provide with money for a particular purpose.

Usage examples:

The world bank refused to fund the project

noun

A sum of money saved and made available for a particular purpose

Usage examples:

A scholarship fund for college students, the company’s pension fund, he plans to donate money to fu…

noun

Money provided, especially by an organization or government, for a particular purpose.

Usage examples:

Funding for the project was provided by the housing corporation

verb

Provide with money for a particular purpose.

Usage examples:

The world bank refused to fund the project

noun

Money made available for a particular purpose

Usage examples:

Doug is trying to get funding for his research.

verb

Make it easier or possible for (someone) to do something by offering one's services or resources.

Usage examples:

They helped her with domestic chores

noun

The action of helping someone to do something.

Usage examples:

I asked for help from my neighbours

exclamation

Used as an appeal for urgent assistance.

Usage examples:

Help! i'm drowning!

noun

The action or process of investing money for profit.

Usage examples:

A debate over private investment in road-building

noun

The act of putting money or effort into something to make a profit or achieve a result

Usage examples:

[ c ] real estate investments, [ u ] there’s an awful lot of foreign investment in the us.

noun

The act of putting money into a business to buy new stock, machines, etc., or a sum of money that is invested in a business in this way

Usage examples:

Investment in sth the company has increased its investment in research., they plan to maintain thei…

noun

A current medium of exchange in the form of coins and banknotes; coins and banknotes collectively.

Usage examples:

I counted the money before putting it in my wallet

noun

The coins or bills with their value on them that are used to buy things, or the total amount of these that someone has

Usage examples:

I need a dollar – have you got any money on you?, there’s not much money in our savings account., w…

noun

The value of what a person or organization owns, keeps in a bank, has in investments, or spends

Usage examples:

His estate is worth a lot of money., she makes more money than he does., publishers earn money from…

noun

The support given by a patron.

Usage examples:

The arts could no longer depend on private patronage

noun

The power to give someone an important job or advantages in exchange for help or support

Usage examples:

New rules would minimize the effects of political patronage.

noun

The business given to a shop, restaurant, hotel, etc. by its customers

Usage examples:

Many wealthy japanese have shifted their patronage to the new western luxury hotels., the company i…

verb

Support or actively encourage (a cause, venture, etc.); further the progress of.

Usage examples:

Some regulation is still required to promote competition

verb

Assign to a higher position

verb

To advertise something in order to sell it

Usage examples:

The new model cars are being heavily promoted on television., a new campaign has been launched to p…

noun

Activity that supports or encourages a cause, venture, or aim.

Usage examples:

The promotion of cultural and racial diversity

noun

The advancement of someone to a more important rank or position

Usage examples:

[ c/u ] she’s been recommended for a promotion.

noun

The process or fact of giving someone a higher or more important job

Usage examples:

Employees worry that saying 'no' to the boss decreases their chances of advancement and promotion.,…

noun

A small short-tailed old world game bird resembling a tiny partridge, typically having brown camouflaged plumage.

Usage examples:

Birds such as grouse, crows, quail, partridge, nightjars, cuckoos, shrikes, larks, pipits, merlins,…

verb

Feel or show fear or apprehension.

Usage examples:

She quailed at his heartless words

noun

A small brown bird with a short tail, sometimes hunted as a sport and eaten as a food

verb

(especially of the earth) shake or tremble.

Usage examples:

The rumbling vibrations set the whole valley quaking

noun

An earthquake.

Usage examples:

A big quake east of the rocky mountains

verb

To shake, esp. because you are frightened

Usage examples:

He quaked with fear at the thought.

verb

(of an army) withdraw from enemy forces as a result of their superior power or after a defeat.

Usage examples:

The french retreated in disarray

noun

An act of moving back or withdrawing.

Usage examples:

A speedy retreat

verb

The act of withdrawing or going backward

verb

Move backwards.

Usage examples:

The lorry reversed into the back of a bus

adjective

Going in or turned towards the direction opposite to that previously stated.

Usage examples:

The trend appears to be going in the reverse direction

noun

A complete change of direction or action.

Usage examples:

The gall actuates a reverse of photosynthesis

noun

A threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule.

Usage examples:

A range of sanctions aimed at deterring insider abuse

verb

Give official permission or approval for (an action).

Usage examples:

The scheme was sanctioned by the court

noun

Approval or permission

Usage examples:

To be just, a government must have the sanction of the governed., trade/economic sanctions, the un …

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

The position of being a sponsor.

Usage examples:

The company's sponsorship of the tournament

noun

A strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end, driven into the ground to support a plant, form part of a fence, mark a boundary, etc.

Usage examples:

A row of more than 15 bricks, pieces of concrete, metal poles, wooden stakes and a traffic cone wer…

verb

A territorial division of the mormon church under the jurisdiction of a president.

verb

Gamble (money or something else of value) on the outcome of a game or race.

Usage examples:

One gambler staked everything he'd got and lost

phrasal verb

Mentally withdraw from a situation in order to consider it objectively.

Usage examples:

I have had to step back and take an honest look at my way of working

phrasal verb

To stop being involved in something

Usage examples:

We need to step back and look at all our options.

verb

Support (an organization or activity) financially.

Usage examples:

The mining industry continues to be subsidized

verb

To pay part of the cost of something

Usage examples:

Taxpayers shouldn’t subsidize a golf course., the tenants live in federally subsidized apartments.

verb

To give money to a person or an organization in order to pay part of the cost of something that they do or make

Usage examples:

Be subsidized by sb/sth the uninsured often seek emergency care at hospitals, which is eventually s…

verb

Bear all or part of the weight of; hold up.

Usage examples:

The dome was supported by a hundred white columns

noun

A thing that bears the weight of something or keeps it upright.

Usage examples:

The best support for a camera is a tripod

verb

The act of bearing the weight of or strengthening

verb

Sign and accept liability under (an insurance policy), thus guaranteeing payment in case loss or damage occurs.

Usage examples:

The policy, underwritten at lloyd's, indemnifies trustees against loss arising from wrongful acts

verb

To support something that costs money by promising to pay for it, or by promising to pay if necessary to protect others who are risking their money

Usage examples:

The museum show was largely underwritten by a grant from the government of sweden.

verb

To give an activity financial support and take responsibility for paying any costs if it fails

Usage examples:

He underwrote a friend's development company in new york., many businesses have underwritten the ev…

verb

Remove or take away (something) from a particular place or position.

Usage examples:

Ruth withdrew her hand from his

verb

Pull back or move away or backward

verb

To take something back, or to remove something

Usage examples:

[ t ] he asked that his name be withdrawn from nomination for a golden globe award., [ t ] democrat…