backing
Americannoun
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aid or support of any kind.
- Synonyms:
- encouragement, patronage, sanction, sponsorship, endorsement, assistance, help
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supporters or backers collectively.
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something that forms the back or is placed at or attached to the back of anything to support, strengthen, or protect it.
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Theater. a curtain or flat placed behind a window, entrance, or other opening in a stage set to conceal the offstage area.
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material for backing a joist or rafter.
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a bevel given to the outer and upper edge of a hip rafter.
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the musical accompaniment for a soloist; backup.
noun
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support given to a person, cause, or enterprise
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a body of supporters
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something that forms, protects, supports, or strengthens the back of something
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theatre a scenic cloth or flat placed behind a window, door, etc, in a set to mask the offstage space
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musical accompaniment, esp for a pop singer
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the support in gold or precious metals for a country's issue of money in notes
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meteorol an anticlockwise change in wind direction
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a passageway running behind a row of terraced houses
Etymology
Origin of backing
Example Sentences
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BYD may also be getting some help from government backing as well as lower labor costs, experts say.
From Los Angeles Times
So far, it doesn’t look like the White House and Justice Department are backing down.
From Barron's
Blue Owl’s loans backing tech companies averaged 30% of the value of the business when they were made, providing a significant buffer against business downturns.
Schultz said he is backing the proposed legislation because of the effect on workers in his district over the last decade.
From Los Angeles Times
Then her claws, her jaws, her very strangeness might have frightened him into backing away.
From Literature
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