Footing

Noun

 * 1) A ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm foundation to stand on.
 * In ascent, every step gained is a footing and help to the next. Holder.
 * 1) A standing; position; established place; basis for operation; permanent settlement; foothold.
 * 2) A relative condition; state.
 * Lived on a footing of equality with nobles. Thomas Babington Macaulay.
 * 1) A tread; step; especially, measured tread.
 * 2)  A footprint or footprints; tracks, someone's trail.
 * 3) The act of adding up a column of figures; the amount or sum total of such a column.
 * 4) The act of putting a foot to anything; also, that which is added as a foot; as, the footing of a stocking.
 * 5) A narrow cotton lace, without figures.
 * 6) The finer refuse part of whale blubber, not wholly deprived of oil. Simmonds.
 * 7)  The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot; foundation.
 * 8)  Double checking the numbers vertically.

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