Definition of "footing"
- noun
A ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm foundation to stand on.
A standing; position; established place; basis for operation; permanent settlement; foothold.
A relative condition; state.
A tread; step; especially, measured tread.
A footprint or footprints; tracks, someone's trail.
Stability or balance when standing on one's feet.
The act of adding up a column of figures; the amount or sum total of such a column.
The act of putting a foot to anything; also, that which is added as a foot; as, the footing of a stocking.
A narrow cotton lace, without figures.
The finer refuse part of whale blubber, not wholly deprived of oil. Simmonds.
The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot; foundation.
Double checking the numbers vertically.
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