The phrase "as backstop" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate a backup or support measure in various contexts, often in finance or policy discussions.
Example: "The government has agreed to provide funding as backstop for the struggling industry to ensure its survival."
Alternatives: "as a safety net" or "as a fallback option".
"Tort actions serve as backstop to the F.D.A. and provide another level of protection," he said.
This complex pattern is situated in front of a recess marked by the outer boundary of the internal zones – the Alboran Domain – which acted as backstop.
Some mighty and diverse groups are lining up against significant reductions in the government's role as backstop to the mortgage industry.
The Treasury now says that Mr. Geithner expects P.P.I.P. to serve as "backstop" for banks that find themselves in a pinch.
There is still the chance that a future crisis may engulf government finances, after all it has been ruinously expensive standing as backstop not just to the banking system but to the wider economy.
According to a survey published on December 2nd by ISME, a business association, the refusal rate for new credit applications for smaller firms has risen since June by six percentage points.The European Union's and the IMF's three-year stint as backstop creditors for the Irish government formally comes to an end on December 15th.
The controversy also prompted many wealthier parents in Britain to consider American universities as backstops to Oxford or Cambridge.
A patchwork system has developed, and what connections exist between local networks are meant mainly as backstops against power outages.
ICE is hoping that a greater share of derivatives trading will go through its clearinghouse operations, which act as backstops in case one party defaults.
"Potatoes launched with acetylene were also destructive to wooden boards and plastic objects initially employed as backstops before transitioning to 6mm thick steel plate," they say.
Many of the tobacco bonds have maturities of decades, and if smoking keeps declining at the current pace, some of the reserves set up as backstops will run dry, Mr. Larkin said.
