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Backing

Backing Meaning & Definition
Backing Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Backing?

[n] the act of providing approval and support; "his vigorous backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives"
[n] something forming a back that is added for strengthening
[n] financial resources provided to make some project possible; "the foundation provided support for the experiment"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Backing: championship | financial backing | financial support | funding | mount | patronage | support

Related Terms | Find terms related to Backing: abetment | about-face | about-turn | advance | advocacy | advocate | advocating | aegis | affirmation | aid | alpenstock | angular motion | approval | approving | arm | ascending | ascent | assistance | athletic supporter | attestation | auspices | authentication | axial motion | back | back track | back trail | backbone | backflowing | backing off | backing out | backing up | backsliding | backup | backward motion | bandeau | bearer | bearing | bearing out | bibliofilm | bibliopegy | binder board | binding | bipack | black-and-white film | bolstering | book cloth | book cover | book jacket | bookbinding | bookcase | bra | brace | bracer | bracket | brassiere | Brownian movement | bushing | buttress | buttressing | cane | capitalization | care | career | carriage | carrier | carrying | cartridge | case | casemaking | casing-in | certification | cervix | championship | charity | chassis | circumstantiation | climbing | collating | collating mark | color film | color negative film | confirmation | cooperation | corroboration | corroboratory evidence | corset | countenance | course | cover | crook | crutch | current | deficit financing | descending | descent | disenchantment | documentation | dope | downward motion | drift | driftage | dry plate | dust cover | dust jacket | ebbing | emulsion | encouragement | endorsement | favor | favorable | favoring | film | financial backing | financial support | financing | flight | flip-flop | flow | flux | folding | footband | fortification | forward motion | fosterage | foundation garment | frame | fulcrum | funding | funds | gathering | girdle | gluing-off | goodwill | grant | grubstake | guidance | guy | guywire | hard binding | headband | help | infrastructure | interest | investment | jacket | jock | jockstrap | lapse | library binding | lining | lining-up | mainstay | maintainer | maintenance | mast | mechanical binding | microfilm | money | monochromatic film | moral support | motion-picture film | mount | mounting | neck | negative | niggerhead | oblique motion | ongoing | onrush | orthochromatic film | pack | panchromatic film | passage | patronage | patronization | perfect binding | photographic paper | plastic binding | plate | plunging | printing paper | pro | progress | proof | prop | proving | proving out | provision of capital | psychological support | radial motion | random motion | ratification | recidivation | recidivism | reclamation | reconversion | reflowing | refluence | reflux | regress | regression | rehabilitation | reinforce | reinforcement | reinforcer | reinstatement | relapse | reliance | rest | resting place | restitution | restoration | retrocession | retrogradation | retrogression | retroversion | return | returning | reversal | reverse | reversing | reversion | reverting | revulsion | rigging | right-about | right-about-face | rising | roll | rounding | run | rush | saddle stitching | seconding | security blanket | set | setting | sewing | shoulder | shroud | side sewing | sideward motion | signature | sinking | skeleton | slipcase | slipcover | slipping back | smashing | Smyth sewing | soaring | soft binding | sound film | sound track | sound-on-film | soundstripe | spine | spiral binding | sponsorship | sprit | staff | stake | stamping | standing rigging | stapling | stave | stay | sternway | stick | stiffener | stream | strengthener | strengthening | subsiding | subsidy | substantiation | subvention | succor | support | supporter | supporting | supporting evidence | supportive relationship | supportive therapy | sustainer | sustaining | sustainment | sustenance | sustentation | swingaround | sympathy | tailband | tipping | traject | trajet | trend | trimming | tripack | turn | turnabout | turnaround | tutelage | underframe | undergirding | upholder | upholding | upkeep | upward motion | validation | vehicle | verification | volte-face | walking stick | well-disposed | well-inclined | wire stitching | wrapper

See Also | approval | approving | blessing | frame | framework | framing | layer | reinforcement | resource | strengthener

Backing In Webster's Dictionary

\Back"ing\, n. 1. The act of moving backward, or of putting or moving anything backward. 2. That which is behind, and forms the back of, anything, usually giving strength or stability. 3. Support or aid given to a person or cause. 4. (Bookbinding) The preparation of the back of a book with glue, etc., before putting on the cover.

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