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financial backing

financial backing

4 3.1
Money given to help a project, business, or person
  • noun
  • /faɪˈnænʃəl ˈbækɪŋ/
translation icon : apoyo financiero
  • The director must collaborate in a group project requiring dramatic talent, financial backing, and film distribution.
  • the financial backing needed

But we were desperate and we we didn't have the financial backing to make it right if something went wrong in the beginning.

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Examples

  • Mr. Raven has the financial backing to do the pilot.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Without sufficient financial backing, the project was at risk of being halted halfway through.

  • So those will certainly keep coming in their various forms and the financial backing is growing and growing.

  • Yeah, but I need financial backing.

    Cassandra's Dream (2007)

  • No technology will reach commercial maturity without financial backing from the private sector.

    Academic text (1994)

  • I'm just curious as to where they got the financial backing for all these free programs.

  • I have full FDA approval, and I have enough financial backing...

    The Guilt Trip (2012)

  • The newspaper was able to fight the harassment because of strong financial backing and the support it received from the courts.

    Academic text (2017)

  • Researching a story without the financial backing of the newspaper was expensive enough.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • And you, Jonathan, for your foresight and financial backing to make it happen.

    Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist (2023)

Synonyms

funding
vsfinancial backing
670 2.6

Money that an organization or government gives for a project

includes other resources as well as money too
support
vsfinancial backing
638 1.0

Money given to help a person or project

focuses on supplying resources for projects businesses or people
financing
vsfinancial backing
179 3.2

Giving money for a certain purpose, for example starting a business or buying a house

names the actual money or resources provided rather than the process
sponsorship
vsfinancial backing
57 3.5

Help and money a company gives to a person, group, or event

is not necessarily official or tied to endorsement and gives resources
financial aid
vsfinancial backing
55 2.6

Money or support that helps people pay for school and living costs

covers a wider range of projects and business support beyond those costs
financial support
vsfinancial backing
32 2.1

Money given to help pay for a project, charity, or person

has identical meaning but uses a different phrase
financial assistance
vsfinancial backing
16 3.3

Help by giving money or goods to people in need

applies more widely beyond aid given only to those in need
backing
vsfinancial backing
1 2.6

Help or approval, often with money, that lets a project continue

specifies money or resources rather than general approval or help

How Much

financial backing
4 3.1
funding
670 2.6
seed money
10 3.6

Surface Forms

financial backing singular
financial backings plural

Morphology

financial + backing

The meaning 'money or resources supplied to support' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'financial' (related to money) with 'backing' (support/assistance). This adjective + noun composition follows a standard, predictable pattern found across languages and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.

Etymology

Financial backing joins financial meaning money and backing meaning 'support' from behind. Imagine money standing behind a project like people holding it up, so financial backing means money or help that supports a project or person.