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- back back [bæk] verb [transitive]1. to support someone or something, especially by giving money or using your influence:
• The board backed Mr Standley, who plans to cut costs.
• Shareholders have backed a plan to build a second plant.
• This new generation of securities is backed by aircraft leases, royalty streams from films, student loans and auto loans.
— see also asset-backed security ➔ securityback something → up phrasal verb [transitive]COMPUTING to put copies of information held on a computer onto a disk, so that the information is not lost if there is a problem with the computer:• This allows users to back up the database without shutting it down.
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Ⅰ.back UK US /bæk/ verb [T]► to give support or approval to someone or something: »Shareholders will be asked to back the proposals.
► FINANCE to provide financial support for someone or something: »A handful of firms will sell more than $2 billion of bonds backed by home equity, credit card, and other loans.
»Demand continues for government-backed loans.
»Investors are snapping up asset-backed bonds.
Ⅱ.back UK US /bæk/ adjective [before noun]Ⅲ.back UK US /bæk/ adverb► in return or reply: »I'm busy at the moment - can I call you back?
»I e-mailed the customer services department and they said they would get back to me tomorrow.
Financial and business terms. 2012.