BACKING


Meaning of BACKING in English

(~s)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

If someone has the ~ of an organization or an important person, they receive support or money from that organization or person in order to do something.

He said the president had the full ~ of his government to negotiate a deal...

Mr Bach set up his own consulting business with the ~ of his old boss.

= support

N-UNCOUNT: usu N of/for n

2.

A ~ is a layer of something such as cloth that is put onto the back of something in order to strengthen or protect it.

N-VAR

3.

The ~ of a popular song is the music which is sung or played to accompany the main tune.

Sharon also sang ~ vocals for Barry Manilow...

N-COUNT: oft N n

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