Sentence examples for to backstopping from inspiring English sources
noun
A thing or a person put in the rear or in the back of something to reinforce, hold, support.
United Nations support in this area ranges from building the capacities of national mine action institutions to backstopping humanitarian relief initiatives and ensuring the safe deployment of peacekeepers and UN political missions.
And last week he unveiled a plan to backstop consumer debt.
The E.C.B. would also have to backstop governments.
It doesn't want to backstop their finances.
She also cross-trained everybody to backstop one another.
It suggests private capital will be attracted if the government continues to backstop deals.
It is undermining cities' abilities and willingness to backstop these projects when they do fail".
He became the first Finnish goalie to backstop his team to a Stanley Cup.
On Tuesday, they agreed to backstop Dexia's finances and pushed to restructure the bank.
"We have to backstop them at every stage," Colonel Voorhees said.
Surely, we beleaguered taxpayers do not need to backstop any more institutions than we do now.
