Sentence examples for be backstopped from inspiring English sources
noun
A thing or a person put in the rear or in the back of something to reinforce, hold, support.
Both should be regulated, and both should be backstopped.
That group would be backstopped by billions of dollars in bank financing as well.
Such progress must be backstopped by a broader effort to continue deepening ties between Russia and the West.
Ms Ernst's campaign responds that privatisation could be "backstopped" by the federal government, sparing students any increase in interest rates.
The Americans will be backstopped by Mike Richter of the Rangers, the Canadians by Martin Brodeur of the Devils.
This dialogue must be backstopped with concrete strategic cooperation on issues such as missile defense, access to Afghanistan and diplomacy with Iran.
Banks are backstopped and, at least in theory, carefully regulated.
Even eBay's recent Bill Me Later feature is backstopped with its overseas cash, Mr. Gillis said.
*Each end zone is backstopped by nets that are 30 feet wide and 32 feet high.
Greece, its debt downgraded to junk status, clung to solvency and was backstopped by an international rescue package.
"But the fact that the market is being backstopped by the prospect of additional Fed support I think is making investors more confident of stepping in," he said.
