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Definition footing

Etymology

From Middle English fotyng; equivalent to foot +‎ -ing.

Noun

footing (countable and uncountable, plural footings)

1. A ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm foundation to stand on.
2. A standing; position; established place; basis for operation; permanent settlement; foothold.
3. A relative condition; state.
4. A tread; step; especially, measured tread.
5. (now rare) A footprint or footprints; tracks, someone's trail.
6. stability or balance when standing on one's feet
7. The act of adding up a column of figures; the amount or sum total of such a column.
8. The act of putting a foot to anything; also, that which is added as a foot
9. A narrow cotton lace, without figures.
10. The finer refuse part of whale blubber, not wholly deprived of oil. Simmonds.
11. (architecture, engineering) The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot; foundation.
12. (accounting) Double checking the numbers vertically.

Verb

footing

1. present participle of foot

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