noun
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a person who gives financial or other support
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a person who bets on a competitor or contestant
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Origin of backer
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It might need backer Nvidia to stem the bleeding.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
SEIU-UHW West is the primary backer of Californians for Responsible Healthcare and the Yes on 44 campaign.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Private equity backer TSG, which took a 22% stake in the brewer in 2017, is set to lose £27.6m.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Pipeline giant Energy Transfer, whose boss is a backer of the upstart bourse, said it would move its primary listing there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
I acted in the capacity of backer, or best-man, to the bridegroom; while a little limp pew-opener in a soft bonnet like a baby’s, made a feint of being the bosom friend of Miss Skiffins.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
Several large labor unions were big backers of Proposition 40.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026
The fund has secured heavyweight backers, including government-linked entities such as Taiwan’s National Development Fund and Singapore’s EDBI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
Other backers include playwright and screenwriter James Graham, who wrote stage shows including Ink, Quiz and Dear England, as well as Happy Valley creator Sally Wainwright and The Crown's Peter Morgan.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
The ad buy is six figures but could grow, according to its backers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
Financial backers of both institutions—the Chemical Foundation in Columbia’s case and William Crocker, a banking and railroad magnate, in Berkeley’s case—seemed eager to pony up funds to cover Sloan’s further research.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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