Backing meaning in English
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Definition
the (financial) backing (of an investor): the (financial) support, approval, promotion, seconding (of an investor)
Examples
- "As an emerging designer in 1950's France, Patrice took over the struggling fashion house of his mentor, Frederich Lundqvist, and restored it to respectability before launching his own fashion house with the financial backing of American investors."
Exercise 1
Bruno refers to Brian's "background" in espionage. Choose the correct uses of the term "background" from the list below.
There may be more than one correct answer!
There may be more than one correct answer!
Bruno refers to Brian's "background" in espionage. Choose the correct uses of the term "background" from the list below.
There may be more than one correct answer!
Excerpt: Knowing your background in espionage, I thought you might be interested in a $1000 gift voucher at the Spies'R'Us store.
There may be more than one correct answer!
This is not correct. In this example, the correct term would be "support" or "backing".
This is not correct. In this example, the correct term would be "back garden" or "backyard".
This is correct. In professional terms, your "background" is everything you have done in your career so far, and your main centers of interest. "I'm an accountant, but my background includes teaching, glass-blowing, professional football and flower-arranging."
This is correct. "Background music" is intended to soothe travellers in airports, or shoppers in supermarkets. "Background" can also mean the area behind the principal subject of a painting.
Excerpt: Knowing your background in espionage, I thought you might be interested in a $1000 gift voucher at the Spies'R'Us store.
Exercise 2
Bruno tells Horatio, "I think he 'means business."
Another way to express this is: 'I think he .
Another way to express this is: 'I think he .
Bruno tells Horatio, "I think he 'means business."
Another way to express this is: 'I think he is quite serious.
Another way to express this is: 'I think he is quite serious.
is quite serious: This is the correct choice. The idiom "he means business" expresses that someone is very serious about something or "isn't joking around". Example: When my father told us to be quiet, we knew he meant business. The expression "he is quite serious" expresses a similar meaning to "he means business".
speaks his mind: "To speak your mind" is an expression meaning to speak honestly or freely. For example: Everyone in the company is permitted to speak their mind without fear of being judged. This idiom does not express the same meaning as "I think he means business".
has financial backing: "Financial backing" refers to financial support or "capital". Do not confuse Bruno's expression "he means business" with the noun "means", which can in fact refer to financial backing. For example: Bruno has the means to invest in several promising corporations if he chooses to do so.
is a cruel businessman: In the expression "I think he means business", "means" is being used as a verb and not as an adjective. As an adjective, "mean" can in fact refer to being "cruel" or "wicked".
is well connected: The expression "I think he means business" does not refer to being well connected, or having a network of contacts.
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