Associations to the word «Footing»

Wiktionary

FOOTING, noun. A ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm foundation to stand on.

FOOTING, noun. A standing; position; established place; basis for operation; permanent settlement; foothold.

FOOTING, noun. A relative condition; state.

FOOTING, noun. A tread; step; especially, measured tread.

FOOTING, noun. (now rare) A footprint or footprints; tracks, someone's trail.

FOOTING, noun. Stability or balance when standing on one's feet

FOOTING, noun. The act of adding up a column of figures; the amount or sum total of such a column.

FOOTING, noun. The act of putting a foot to anything; also, that which is added as a foot; as, the footing of a stocking.

FOOTING, noun. A narrow cotton lace, without figures.

FOOTING, noun. The finer refuse part of whale blubber, not wholly deprived of oil. Simmonds.

FOOTING, noun. (architecture) (engineering) The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot; foundation.

FOOTING, noun. (accounting) Double checking the numbers vertically.

FOOTING, verb. Present participle of foot

FOOTING, noun. Status with respect to the relations between people or groups; "on good terms with her in-laws"; "on a friendly footing".

FOOTING, noun. A relation that provides the foundation for something; "they were on a friendly footing"; "he worked on an interim basis".

FOOTING, noun. A place providing support for the foot in standing or climbing.

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