footing

Meanings

1. A ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm foundation to stand on.
2. A standing; position; established place; foothold.
3. A relative condition; state.
4. A tread; step; especially, a measured tread.
5. A footprint or footprints; tracks, someone's trail.
6. Stability or balance when standing on one's feet.
7. The act of adding up a column of figures; the amount or sum total of such a column.
8. The act of putting a foot to anything; also, that which is added as a foot
9. A narrow cotton lace, without figures.
10. The finer refuse part of whale blubber, not wholly deprived of oil.
11. The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot; foundation.
12. A double-check of the numbers vertically.

1. present participle and gerund of foot

Etymology

From Middle English fotyng; equivalent to foot + -ing.