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back·ing

(băk′ĭng)

1. Something forming a back: the backing of a carpet.

a. Support or aid: financial backing.

b. Approval or endorsement: The president has backing from the farm belt.

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backing

(ˈbækɪŋ)

1. support given to a person, cause, or enterprise

2. a body of supporters

3. something that forms, protects, supports, or strengthens the back of something

4. (Theatre) theatre a scenic cloth or flat placed behind a window, door, etc, in a set to mask the offstage space

5. (Pop Music) Brit musical accompaniment, esp for a pop singer

6. (Economics) the support in gold or precious metals for a country's issue of money in notes

7. (Physical Geography) meteorol an anticlockwise change in wind direction

8. (Architecture) Northern English a passageway running behind a row of terraced houses

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back•ing

(ˈbæk ɪŋ)

n.

1. aid or support of any kind.

2. supporters or backers collectively.

3. something that forms the back of anything, esp. for support or protection.

[1590–1600]

backing

A term referring to when wind changes direction anticlockwise, such as backing from south to south-east.

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Noun	1.	backing - the act of providing approval and support; "his vigorous backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives" patronage, championship, backup approval, approving, blessing - the formal act of approving; "he gave the project his blessing"; "his decision merited the approval of any sensible person"
	2.	backing - something forming a back that is added for strengthening mount framework - a structure supporting or containing something layer, bed - single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance; "slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach" strengthener, reinforcement - a device designed to provide additional strength; "the cardboard backing was just a strengthener"; "he used gummed reinforcements to hold the page in his notebook"
	3.	backing - financial resources provided to make some project possible; "the foundation provided support for the experiment" financial backing, financial support, funding, support resource - available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed

backing

noun

1. support, seconding, championing, promotion, sanction, approval, blessing, encouragement, endorsement, patronage, accompaniment, advocacy, moral support, espousal He said the president had the full backing of his government.

2. assistance, support, help, funds, aid, grant, subsidy, sponsorship, patronage She brought her action with the financial backing of the BBC.

3. lining, reinforcement, underlay Remove the backing.

4. accompaniment, harmony, orchestration Tapes provided the backing.

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backing

noun

1. Aid or support given by a patron:

aegis, auspice (often used in plural), patronage, patronization, sponsorship.

2. Money or property used to produce more wealth:

capital, capitalization, financing, funding, grubstake, stake, subsidization.

3. An indication of commendation or approval:

endorsement, recommendation, support.

Translations

دَعْم

podpora

støtte

tuki

podrška

sostegno accompagnamento retromarcia

支援

후원

backning

ความช่วยเหลือ ผู้ช่วยเหลือ

destekleme

sự ủng hộ

援助

backing

[ˈbækɪŋ]

A. N

1. (= support) → apoyo m (Comm) → respaldo m (financiero)

2. (Mus) → acompañamiento m

3. (= protective layer) → refuerzo m

B. CPD backing group N (Mus) → grupo m de acompañamiento
backing singer N (Mus) → corista mf
backing store N (Comput) → memoria f auxiliar
backing vocals NPL (Mus) → coros mpl

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backing

[ˈbækɪŋ] n

(= support, endorsement) (for person, project) → soutien m, appui m

(= financial support, funding) → soutien m financier

(= musical accompaniment) → accompagnement m

(= protective layer) with a cloth backing → sur fond de toile, entoilé(e)
with a cardboard backing → sur fond de carton, cartonné(e)backing group n → groupe m (accompagnant un chanteur)backing vocals npl
"backing vocals" (on label) → "chœurs"
to sing backing vocals for sb → faire les chœurs pour qnback issue n (= back number) [magazine, newspaper] → vieux numéro m

backing

(= support) → Unterstützung f; backing store (Comput) → Ergänzungsspeicher m

(Mus) → Begleitung f; backing group → Begleitband f; backing singer → Begleitsänger(in) m(f); backing vocals → Begleitung f

(for picture frame, for strengthening) → Rücken (→ verstärkung f) m; (for carpet, wallpaper etc) → Rücken (→ beschichtung f) m

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backing

[ˈbækɪŋ] n

a. (support) → appoggio, sostegno (Comm) → finanziamento

b. (Mus) → accompagnamento

c. (protective layer of paper, cloth) → rivestimento, strato protettivo

backing

→ دَعْم podpora støtte Unterstützung υποστήριξη respaldo tuki soutien podrška sostegno 支援 후원 ruggensteun støtte wsparcie apoio, reforço поддержка backning ความช่วยเหลือ ผู้ช่วยเหลือ destekleme sự ủng hộ 援助

back·ing

n. apoyo, sostén.

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And then came a handful of brave men--a little rear guard backing slowly toward the west, working their smoking rifles in feverish haste as they fired volley after volley at the foe we could not see.

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It invented a tough, flexible carpet backing called "ethos" (patent pending), based on polyvinyl butyral (PVB) recycled from auto safety glass.

Used car windshields are reborn as carpet backing

Others believe that the pintle of the tow vehicle is too tall and it holds the drawbar up at too sharp an angle or that careless backing is the cause.

Back AGPU up right

Patented is a multi-layer feminine hygiene pad including a laminate of two or more composite absorption sheets in which an upper composite absorption sheet that comprises an upper backing sheet is laminated to a back side.