footing
verb
- 1
To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).
- 2
To pay (a bill).
- 3
To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip.
- 4
To walk.
- 5
To tread.
“to foot the green”
- 6
To set on foot; to establish; to land.
- 7
To renew the foot of (a stocking, etc.).
- 8
To sum up, as the numbers in a column; sometimes with up.
“to foot (or foot up) an account”
noun
- 1
A ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm foundation to stand on.
- 2
A standing; position; established place; basis for operation; permanent settlement; foothold.
- 3
A relative condition; state.
- 4
A tread; step; especially, measured tread.
- 5
A footprint or footprints; tracks, someone's trail.
- 6
Stability or balance when standing on one's feet
- 7
The act of adding up a column of figures; the amount or sum total of such a column.
- 8
The act of putting a foot to anything; also, that which is added as a foot
- 9
A narrow cotton lace, without figures.
- 10
The finer refuse part of whale blubber, not wholly deprived of oil.
- 11
The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot; foundation.
- 12
Double checking the numbers vertically.
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