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Welcome to the billiard, pool, and snooker glossary of terms. This is the definition of Backing as it relates to cue sports. You can also view the entire billiard dictionary.
If you have backing it means that you have an investor to finance a match that you play in for gambling purposes. The investor who is backing the player takes a cut of the winnings if that player is successful. Unfortunately for the investor, the player typically does not pay them back if a loss occurs.
I don't have the cash to ante up for this tournament. Well do you think you can secure some backing?
The term "backing" is considered to be a slang term related to gambling and betting. The backing definition was entered on 4/13/2006 and was updated on 10/24/2007 9:48:07 AM. It is a cue sport term that is related to gambling and betting. It was entered in to the database by the Billiards Forum Editor. See also: back, stake, stakehorse, staking for more on the meaning of backing.
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