footing - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'footing' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Footing

[ n.]

- Ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm foundation to stand on.
- Standing; position; established place; basis for operation; permanent settlement; foothold.
- Relative condition; state.
- Tread; step; especially, measured tread.
- The act of adding up a column of figures; the amount or sum total of such a column.
- The act of putting a foot to anything; also, that which is added as a foot; as, the footing of a stocking.
- A narrow cotton lace, without figures.
- The finer refuse part of whale blubber, not wholly deprived of oil.
- The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot.

2 . Footing

[ p. pr. & vb. n.]

- of Foot

Meaning of 'footing' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . footing

[ n]

Meaning (1):
- a relation that provides the foundation for something

Example in sentence:

he worked on an interim basis;
they were on a friendly footing

Meaning (2):
- status with respect to the relations between people or groups

Example in sentence:

on a friendly footing;
on good terms with her in-laws

Nearby Words:

food foodful foodless foody fool fool-born fool-happy fool-hasty fool-large fool-largesse

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Footing & cross-footing
Totaling the columns of a journal and proving the equality of the totals is called footing and cross-footing a journal.

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