Backed
/bækt/
verbBeginnerCommonBusiness
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2 meanings1
To give support or financial aid to.
/bækt/
verbneutralBeginner
Business
To support or endorse someone or something.
The company backed the research project.
💡 Simply: To help or support.
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Many people backed the candidate.
How It's Used
Business
"The investors backed his new startup."
Politics
"The senator backed the new environmental bill."
2
Supported, having the support of someone or something.
/bækt/
adjectivepositiveBeginner
General
Having support or backing.
The plan has the backing of the government.
💡 Simply: Supported or protected.
How It's Used
Finance
"The project is fully backed by the bank."
Tip:Remember a backed-up hard drive - it has support.
Past tense and past participle of "back." Derived from Old English "bacca," meaning "back, ridge, hump."
The word's usage in supporting something financially or otherwise has been consistent throughout history.
Memory tip
Think of someone's back – supporting them.
Practice
bakkedbackd
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