Backing
backing (noun) - receiving money or support from someone to do something
x has backing from y to do z - x receives money and support from y to do z
to back (verb)
Example sentences:
* You have my full backing on your proposal.
* The NGO has won financial backing from the EU.
* Who is going to provide the backing for this project?
* The backing for this project will come from the government.
* The department is pushing for more government backing for their research.
* The new scheme will need financial backing for several years.
* Will there be backing for that? Because we have just debated it and it was rejected.
* Our company is providing backing for the Flower Show.
* The group backing no longer exists.
* "The Malaysian government is giving considerable financial backing to the show, which it believes can help boost tourism."
* A dissenting group on the board will air their views on the board's backing of manager Jack Turncoat at today's board meeting.
* He insisted that the police, with the backing of troops, would stop the violence.
* He now has the firm backing of almost half the board of directors.
* He risks losing all backing from his partners in the business.
* He is also strong-willed and, provided he has the necessary backing and support, he can go far in life.
* The finance minister won strong backing from industry yesterday as he laid out plans for the next year.
* The research programme was launched at Oxford University with backing from the Research Council.
* The project foundered for lack of financial backing.
* Britain remains outside the EU monetary system but is still backing a single currency.
* He has the backing of wealthy Arab business associates who are prepared to finance the deal.
* We simply do not have the financial backing to pay our employers.
* More than 250 scientists today are backing a boycott of conferences in China to protest the Chinese government's recent actions.
* The demonstrations have the backing of the trade union movement and women's groups.
* And the bigger the company, the bigger the backing it can provide.
