footing

Definitions

• A ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm foundation to stand on.
• A standing; position; established place; basis for operation; permanent settlement; foothold.
• A relative condition; state.
• A tread; step; especially, measured tread.
• (rare) A footprint or footprints; tracks, someone's trail.
• stability or balance when standing on one's feet
• The act of adding up a column of figures; the amount or sum total of such a column.
• The act of putting a foot to anything; also, that which is added as a foot
• A narrow cotton lace, without figures.
• The finer refuse part of whale blubber, not wholly deprived of oil.
• (architecture) The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot; foundation.
• (accounting) Double checking the numbers vertically.