noun
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a person who gives financial or other support
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a person who bets on a competitor or contestant
Etymology
Origin of backer
Example Sentences
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TAE—whose backers include Alphabet, Chevron and Goldman Sachs—is one of the oldest and most prominent companies working in the relatively nascent field of commercial nuclear fusion.
While the colder climate of space holds appeal for some backers of the galactic data-center vision, “there’s no airflow,” Huang noted, which could present challenges when it comes to dissipating heat.
From MarketWatch
He wonders whether it might be best for optics if the disgraced financier — the biggest financial backer to Brockman’s nonprofit Edge Foundation — didn’t attend after all.
From Salon
Germany is one of Ukraine's key backers; it is the biggest supplier of weapons to Kyiv in Europe and a major diplomatic ally.
From Barron's
UK Parliament could ignore the Senedd vote, but the backers of the legislation have said they would change the bill to take out parts relating to Wales should MSs vote against it.
From BBC
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