footing
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: accounting
architecture
business
engineering
finance
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: From Middle English fotyng; equivalent to foot + -ing.
Base: foot
Affixes: -ing
Inflected forms:
form: footings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm foundation to stand on.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: In ascents, every step gained is a footing and help to the next.
gloss: A standing; position; established place; foothold.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: As soon, however, as he had obtained a footing at court, the charms of his manner […] made him a favorite.
While the California economy maintains its powerhouse status[…] the state’s most-powerful sectors[…]have struggled to keep their footing, pummeled by high interest rates, investor skittishness, labor strife and other turmoil.
gloss: A relative condition; state.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: [L]ived on a footing of equality with nobles.
gloss: A tread; step; especially, a measured tread.
pos: noun
tags: countable
dated
uncountable
examples: Hark, I hear the footing of a man.
gloss: A footprint or footprints; tracks, someone's trail.
pos: noun
tags: countable
rare
uncountable
examples: The Monster swift as word, that from her went,
 Went forth in hast, and did her footing trace[…].
A man must doe as some wilde beasts, which at the entrance of their caves, will have no manner of footing seene.
So he marched his army along the river with seven legions, little less than four thousand horse, and as many light-armed soldiers, and the scouts returning declared that not one man appeared, but that they saw the footing of a great many horses which seemed to be retiring in flight, whereupon Crassus conceived great hopes, and the Romans began to despise the Parthians, as men that would not come to combat, hand to hand.
gloss: Stability or balance when standing on one's feet.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: He lost his footing and fell down.
It was difficult to keep my footing on the ship during the storm.
Terry lost his footing to allow Van Persie to race clear for Arsenal's fourth after 85 minutes before the Netherlands striker completed a second treble against Chelsea by hammering his third past Petr Cech deep into stoppage time.
gloss: The act of adding up a column of figures; the amount or sum total of such a column.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The auditing of the accounts, when the defendant was present, was nothing more than the examinings of the footings of the bookkeeper.
gloss: The act of putting a foot to anything; also, that which is added as a foot
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: the footing of a stocking
gloss: Foundation or basis for further advancement or development.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The subsidy gives the organization a firm footing.
gloss: A narrow cotton lace, without figures.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The finer refuse part of whale blubber, not wholly deprived of oil.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot; foundation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A double-check of the numbers vertically.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Derived words: first footing
footing beam
footing course
on an equal footing
on equal footing
pay one's footing
war footing
wartime footing
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