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Footing

Footing Meaning & Definition
Footing Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Footing?

[n] a place providing support for the foot in standing or climbing
[n] a relation that provides the foundation for something; "they were on a friendly footing" or"he worked on an interim basis"
[n] status with respect to the relations between people or groups; "on good terms with her in-laws"; "on a friendly footing"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Footing: basis | foothold | ground | terms

Related Terms | Find terms related to Footing: account | adding | advantage | allowance | ambit | ambling | ambulation | angle | angle of vision | Anschauung | assessment | backpacking | bailiwick | balance | base | baseboard | basement | basis | bear hug | bearing wall | bearings | bed | bedding | bedrock | bill | bite | blackmail | blood money | bottom | calculation | calculus | capacity | case | caste | casting | character | chassis | ciphering | circumstance | clamp | clasp | class | clench | clinch | cling | clinging | clutch | computation | condition | constituency | dado | death grip | distance | echelon | embrace | emolument | estate | estimation | eye | fee | firm hold | fix | floor | flooring | fond | foot | foothold | footing it | footplate | footrail | footrest | footwork | foundation | frame | frame of reference | framework | fundament | fundamental | going on foot | grapple | grasp | grip | gripe | ground | grounds | groundwork | hardpan | hierarchy | hiking | hitchhiking | hitching | hold | hoofing | hug | hush money | infrastructure | initiation fee | iron grip | jam | keel | legwork | level | light | location | locus standi | lot | lumbering | marching | mental outlook | mileage | modality | mode | mopboard | nadir | nip | orbit | order | outlook | pass | pavement | pedestrianism | perambulation | perch | perspective | pickle | place | plight | point of view | position | post | posture | power structure | precedence | predicament | principle | purchase | radical | rank | rate | rating | reckoning | reference system | regard | respect | retainer | retaining fee | riprap | rock bottom | rudiment | sauntering | scot | seat | seating | seizure | shoemold | side | sight | sill | situation | slant | sole | solid ground | solid rock | sphere | sphere of influence | spot | stability | stage | staggering | stamping ground | stance | stand | standing | standing place | standpoint | state | station | status | stereobate | stipend | strolling | stylobate | substratum | substruction | substructure | system | terms | terra firma | territory | thumbing | thumbing a ride | tight grip | toddling | toe | toehold | totaling | toting | tottering | traction | tramping | treading | tribute | trudging | turf | underbuilding | undercarriage | undergirding | underpinning | understruction | understructure | universe | vantage | venue | view | viewpoint | waddling | wainscot | walking | warrant

See Also | common ground | foundation | position | status | support | toehold

Footing In Webster's Dictionary

\Foot"ing\, n. 1. Ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm foundation to stand on. In ascent, every step gained is a footing and help to the next. --Holder. 2. Standing; position; established place; basis for operation; permanent settlement; foothold. As soon as he had obtained a footing at court, the charms of his manner . . . made him a favorite. --Macaulay. 3. Relative condition; state. Lived on a footing of equality with nobles. --Macaulay. 4. Tread; step; especially, measured tread. Hark, I hear the footing of a man. --Shak. 5. The act of adding up a column of figures; the amount or sum total of such a column. 6. The act of putting a foot to anything; also, that which is added as a foot; as, the footing of a stocking. 7. A narrow cotton lace, without figures. 8. The finer refuse part of whale blubber, not wholly deprived of oil. --Simmonds. 9. (Arch. & Enging.) The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot. {Footing course} (Arch.), one of the courses of masonry at the foot of a wall, broader than the courses above. {To pay one's footing}, to pay a fee on first doing anything, as working at a trade or in a shop. --Wright. {Footing beam}, the tie beam of a roof.

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