footing :

Search Words
You can search or browse for words

footing

foo ting

  • n  status with respect to the relations between people or groups
    on a friendly footing
  • n  a relation that provides the foundation for something
    they were on a friendly footing
  • n  a place providing support for the foot in standing or climbing
  • v  pay for something
  • v  walk
  • v  add a column of numbers

  • As President Bush tried to find his footing this year, these two Senators often proved to be more influential.
  • The Clinton White House, in a virtual trauma for days, is now desperately trying to regain its footing after the disastrous midterm elections.
  • South Korea and Japan must now ponder if the World Cup was worth footing the bill Why Some Teams Just Can't Win How Brazil and Germany the usual suspects turned .
News & Articles

  • Sam's owners pay tab for new highway lane
    The owners of Sam’s Chowder House are footing the bill to build a new Highway 1 turn lane that they believe will solve traffic hazards in front of the restaurant. Construction began in recent days wit
    June 13, 2013 - Half Moon Bay Review
  • Barclays’s Jenkins Says Bankers Must Regain ‘Moral Compass’
    Barclays Plc (BARC) Chief Executive Officer Antony Jenkins said bankers must regain their moral footing and serve society’s long-term interests if the industry is to undo the damage caused by the financial crisis.
    June 12, 2013 - Bloomberg
  • Two Commodity Stocks Ripe for Bargain Shoppers
    Equity markets are slowly and surely finding their footing following the pullback seen in early June after Fed stimulus fears resurfaced. The continuation of upbeat economic data releases has
    June 12, 2013 - Nasdaq
Quotes

  • Barack Obama in National Review Online Blogs (blog)
    Obama said he wasn't focused on "the day-to-day gyrations of the stock market, but the long-term ability for the United States and the entire world economy to regain its footing."
  • David Cameron in The Associated Press
    Cameron, who took office last month as head of a coalition government, said there was a "real opportunity to put the bilateral relationship on a new footing to try to make a stronger start and work through the issues where we have agreement and...
  • Alistair Darling in Reuters
    We have been working closely with the governor of the Bank of England, the FSA and the financial institutions to put the banks on a longer-term sound footing,Darling said in a televised statement following that meeting.

Bee Dictionary: Search, browse, look at common errors, idioms and more.