backer

Related to backer: financial backer, Backer board

backer

One who supports a business or enterprise, usually financially. This guy is a billionaire, so we definitely need to secure him as a backer.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

backer

n. a supporter; a financier of a play, political campaign, etc. I was hoping for a backer, but the project was too chancy.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • be bleeding red ink
  • drive (one) back on (something)
  • drive back on
  • have a good thing going
  • fat city
  • a heavy purse makes a light heart
  • purse
  • marry into money
  • have a stake in
  • have a stake in (something)
References in periodicals archive
When word got out at Monarch Landing about his talent for woodworking, Backer said his fellow-residents started asking him for help in repairing and refinishing their furniture.
But Backer is working to challenge that concept and improve recycling rates while upholding safety and hospital efficiency.
Instead of airing a stern warning to his people about the "No to political backer" policy, Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero issued a memorandum order within the bureau to stop the infamous practice.
JEDDAH: Former MTV Europe presenter Kristiane Backer has praised the Kingdom's monumental efforts to safeguard pilgrims as they perform Hajj rituals.
Simply place the backer card in the ELF, close the lid and push the handles.
Backer approached a group of people that included Mohr.
Says David Snoxhill, general manager of Braude: "Joining the Backer Group is an exciting development for Braude as it will give us the influential presence and financial backup of a large group, coupled with access to many products throughout the NIBE group which will enhance the Braude range and allow it to grow further."
In an interview with the Irish Examiner, Carey praised the job being done by the Trust but believes the Dragons would need a backer in order to fulfil their ambition of regaining a place in the Football League.
To understand Backer's later output, one needs to begin with his photographs, the earliest of which date to his years as a photojournalist documenting Nazism in Germany and .around Linz, Austria, where the artist lived (and where Hitler spent his youth).
Speaking to Cihan news agency (Cihan), Backer said her book has been translated into different languages so far and she would be happy to have it in Turkish as well.
memoir written by former MTV presenter Backer. Against the backdrop of the party scene of celebrity London in the 1990s, Backer tells her story of becoming a Muslim.
FROM MTV TO MECCA BY KRISTIANE BACKER (ARCADIA, pounds 8.99) FROM MTV to Mecca is a thought-provoking memoir written by former MTV presenter Kristiane Backer.
Yesterday, attorneys began to lay out competing plans to purchase the Backer Group's 240-246 Bedford Avenue, at North 4th Street, in federal bankruptcy court in Brooklyn, but after several hours the hearing was adjourned until Sept.
Backer said that he likes the low power and slow speed of the tractor because it can't do much damage.
Bain & Company, the leading global business consultancy firm, has announced that it has recently appointed Philippe De Backer as Partner & Director, Global Financial Services located in the Middle East.