backer
/ˈbakə
/noun
1A person, institution, or country that supports someone or something, especially financially: he was the principal backer of the company...
- The film-makers are seeking American backers to finance the project.
- Which major backer would financially support a party that had no chance whatsoever of gaining political power?
- Kenneth Lay, Enron's chairman, has acted as George W. Bush's chief financial supporter and key backer since the latter went into politics.
Synonyms
sponsor, investor, subsidizer, underwriter, promoter, financier, patron, benefactor, benefactress, guarantor, supporter, friend
informal angel
rare Maecenas
supporter, upholder, champion, defender, advocate, promoter, proponent, protagonist;
seconder, second;
North American booster
1.1A person that bets on a horse.In this way, the backer enters into the traditional role of the gambler and the lawyer enters into the traditional role of the bookmaker....
- Ante-post backers with the traditional High Street bookmakers were hit by the withdrawals of several horses with big chances.
- This philosophy has not only made Dunstone popular with punters, it has made his early backers very rich.
Rhymes
- set foot on (or in)
- set forth (or forward)
- seth
- Seth, Vikram
- SETI
- set in
- set in motion
- set list
- set menu
- set-net
- set-netter
- set off
- seton
- set one's cap at (or for)
- set oneself up as
- set one's face against
- set one's heart (or hopes) on
- set one's sights on
- set one's teeth
- set on (or upon)
- Seton, St. Elizabeth Ann
- set (or lay or put) store by (or on)
- set (or put) one's hand to
- set (or put) one's seal to (or on)
- set (or rock) someone back on their heels