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Noun: footing  fû-ting
  1. Status with respect to the relations between people or groups
    "on a friendly footing";
    - terms
     
  2. A relation that provides the foundation for something
    "they were on a friendly footing";
    - basis, ground
     
  3. A place providing support for the foot in standing or climbing
    - foothold
Verb: foot  fût
  1. Pay for something
    "foot the bill";
    - pick
     
  2. [informal] Walk
    "let's foot it to the disco";
    - leg it [informal], hoof [informal], hoof it [informal], ankle [N. Amer, informal]
     
  3. (arithmetic) add a column of numbers
    - foot up

Derived forms: footings

Type of: add, add together, foundation, pay, position, status, support, walk

Encyclopedia: Footing

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