Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Something forming a back.
- noun Support or aid.
- noun Approval or endorsement.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Support, physical or moral; supporters or backers collectively.
- noun The address of a letter.
- noun Something placed at or attached to the back of something else to support, strengthen, or finish it; the act of providing anything with such a support.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of moving backward, or of putting or moving anything backward.
- noun That which is behind, and forms the back of, anything, usually giving strength or stability.
- noun Support or aid given to a person or cause.
- noun (Bookbinding) The preparation of the back of a book with glue, etc., before putting on the cover.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Support , especiallyfinancial . - noun A
liner or othermaterial addedbehind orunderneath . - noun music
Musicians andvocalists who support the mainperformer - adjective music That which provides support for the main performer
- verb Present participle of
back .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun financial resources provided to make some project possible
- noun the act of providing approval and support
- noun something forming a back that is added for strengthening
Etymologies
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Examples
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And, at the end of the day, it's always good to have the label backing you anyway, especially with a mixtape album.
Vibe Chris Yuscavage 2010
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He's speaking, of course, about Toronto-based Bunk Rock Entertainment (familiar to us for repping Sum 41, Treble Charger, No Warning, The New Cities and One Second 2 Late), the label backing
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He's speaking, of course, about Toronto-based Bunk Rock Entertainment (familiar to us for repping Sum 41, Treble Charger, No Warning, The New Cities and One Second 2 Late), the label backing
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He's speaking, of course, about Toronto-based Bunk Rock Entertainment (familiar to us for repping Sum 41, Treble Charger, No Warning, The New Cities and One Second 2 Late), the label backing
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He's speaking, of course, about Toronto-based Bunk Rock Entertainment (familiar to us for repping Sum 41, Treble Charger, No Warning, The New Cities and One Second 2 Late), the label backing
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Great in warm weather because the backing is an open mesh.
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Great in warm weather because the backing is an open mesh.
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And the backing is a piece of dark terracotta coloured heavy paper.
May reveal katelnorth 2008
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This is what you call backing one's self into a corner.
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You could sell a record for $4 and do just as well as if you had a label backing you with the horrible deals that they offer.
Vail Daily - Top Stories Caramie Schnell cschnell@vaildaily.com Vail 2010
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