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plural of footing
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1
an immaterial thing upon which something else rests
- your donations help provide the charity with a firm financial footing for its work
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- anchorages,
- beds,
- braces,
- bulwarks,
- buttresses,
- frameworks,
- infrastructures,
- mounts,
- props,
- shores,
- stays,
- substrata,
- substructures,
- supports
- assumptions,
- justifications,
- premises
- (also premisses),
- presumptions,
- presuppositions,
- rationales,
- suppositions,
- theories,
- theses,
- warrants
2
position with regard to conditions and circumstances
- the village's two churches are on a friendly footing
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3
the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement
- you'll have to work hard to get a better footing in the company
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