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Backstop meaning
An object or a person put in the rear or in the back of something to reinforce, hold, support. | A default arrangement that holds if all else fails. | A wall or fence behind home plate.
Example sentences (20)
The woman ran from Bad Arm and attempted to climb a chain link backstop on the baseball field, but Bad Arm grabbed her and pulled her off the backstop, then continued his assault.
However, some of the ERG leaders made clear that while they supported her efforts to get rid of the backstop, they would still vote against Mrs May’s withdrawal blueprint in a future vote even if she succeeded in neutralising the backstop.
As many others probably did, I jumped to page 30 of the document to see what it said about the Irish border backstop position and here it stressed that, although the backstop could be initiated, it could only be a temporary measure.
No. 10 claims victory, saying May has removed the Northern Ireland backstop by making the backstop UK-wide.
That is why it is critical that the provision for a UK-EU joint customs territory is legally binding in the Withdrawal Agreement itself, so that no ‘backstop to a backstop’ is required.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. (1938) Street craps may be played by rolling the dice against a backstop, such as a curb or stair-stoop, or without a backstop, at the choice of the players.
Adam Gajan made 27 saves to backstop the Slovakians while Michael Hrabal stopped 28 shots for Czechia (0-0-0-1).
An expanded approach could include federal financial support for maintaining reserves paired with some kind of federal backstop authority for nationalizing and redirecting stockpiles for international purposes.
As a result, the number of people on the FAIR plan, the expensive backstop insurance pool that California requires insurance companies to participate in based on their statewide market share, has more than doubled since 2018.
Fortunately for him, he'd set up a media backstop, hosting his InfoWars programming from his home town of Austin, Texas, on his established website and on other social media platforms such as Rumble, where he hosts a daily show.
Holl said both fields will have a 42-inch padded wall along the backstop similar to what is seen in Major League ballparks.
Karinchak then fired his next pitch to the backstop, and after a walk, an out and a hit batter, he gave up a three-run homer for the only runs of the game in his team’s 3-0 loss.
Kelly’s wild pitch sailed to the backstop and moved Votto to second and Steer to third.
So in 1934 Congress established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), to backstop deposits to a certain amount.
The Department of the Treasury will make available up to $25 billion from the Exchange Stabilization Fund as a backstop.
The Federal Reserve's Bank Term Funding Program (BTFP) is a serious backstop for banks and FITV can take full advantage of it.
The Fed is not on the market’s side either as they want to keep at it while setting up some emergency landing facilities to backstop any major crisis.
The Treasury's $25 billion deposit backstop, combined with the FDIC's $121 billion deposit insurance fund and the Fed's new program, can guarantee $19.4 trillion in deposits.
US President Joe Biden’s administration moved to backstop consumer deposits while the Swiss central bank lent billions to Credit Suisse to stabilise its balance sheet.
Amounts advanced pursuant to the Backstop Loan Agreement will mature three years from the date of advance with a fixed interest rate of 12%, paid semi-annually and is prepayable, in whole or in part, at anytime prior to maturity with no penalty.