Ratify and Support

verb

• Approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation.
  • usage: "All parties ratified the peace treaty"; "Have you signed your contract yet"
  • synonyms: sign

(n.) To approve and sanction; to make valid; to confirm; to establish; to settle; especially, to give sanction to, as something done by an agent or servant; as, to ratify an agreement, treaty or contract; to ratify a nomination.

noun

• The activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities.
  • usage: "his support kept the family together"; "they gave him emotional support during difficult times"
• Aiding the cause or policy or interests of.
  • usage: "the president no longer has the support of his own party"; "they developed a scheme of mutual support"
• Something providing immaterial assistance to a person or cause or interest.
  • usage: "the policy found little public support"; "his faith was all the support he needed"; "the team enjoyed the support of their fans"
• A military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission.
  • usage: "they called for artillery support"
  • synonyms: reinforcement, reenforcement
• Documentary validation.
  • usage: "his documentation of the results was excellent"; "the strongest support for this view is the work of Jones"
  • synonyms: documentation
• The financial means whereby one lives.
  • usage: "each child was expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood"
  • synonyms: keep, livelihood, living, bread and butter, sustenance
• Supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation.
  • usage: "the statue stood on a marble support"
• The act of bearing the weight of or strengthening.
  • usage: "he leaned against the wall for support"
  • synonyms: supporting
• A musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts.
  • synonyms: accompaniment, musical accompaniment, backup
• Any device that bears the weight of another thing.
  • usage: "there was no place to attach supports for a shelf"
• Financial resources provided to make some project possible.
  • usage: "the foundation provided support for the experiment"
  • synonyms: financial support, funding, backing, financial backing

verb

• Give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to.
  • usage: "She supported him during the illness"; "Her children always backed her up"
  • synonyms: back up
• Support materially or financially.
  • usage: "he does not support his natural children"; "The scholarship supported me when I was in college"
• Be behind; approve of.
  • usage: "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960"
  • synonyms: back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for
• Be the physical support of; carry the weight of.
  • usage: "The beam holds up the roof"; "He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam"; "What's holding that mirror"
  • synonyms: hold, sustain, hold up
• Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts.
  • usage: "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant"
  • synonyms: confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, affirm
• Adopt as a belief.
  • usage: "I subscribe to your view on abortion"
  • synonyms: subscribe
• Support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm.
  • usage: "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence"
  • synonyms: corroborate, underpin, bear out
• Argue or speak in defense of.
  • usage: "She supported the motion to strike"
  • synonyms: defend, fend for
• Play a subordinate role to (another performer. )
  • usage: "Olivier supported Gielgud beautifully in the second act"
• Be a regular customer or client of.
  • usage: "We patronize this store"; "Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as he could"
  • synonyms: patronize, patronise, patronage, keep going
• Put up with something or somebody unpleasant.
  • usage: "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"
  • synonyms: digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, brook, abide, suffer, put up

• (v.t.) To uphold by aid or countenance; to aid; to help; to back up; as, to support a friend or a party; to support the present administration.
• (v.t.) To endure without being overcome, exhausted or changed in character; to sustain; as, to support pain, distress or misfortunes.
• (v.t.) To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain; as, the testimony is not sufficient to support the charges; the evidence will not support the statements or allegations.
• (n.) That which upholds, sustains or keeps from falling, as a prop, a pillar or a foundation of any kind.
• (v.t.) To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain; as, to support the character of King Lear.
• (v.t.) To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar supports a structure; an abutment supports an arch; the trunk of a tree supports the branches.
• (v.t.) To furnish with the means of sustenance or livelihood; to maintain; to provide for; as, to support a family; to support the ministers of the gospel.
• (n.) The act, state or operation of supporting, upholding or sustaining.
• (n.) That which maintains or preserves from being overcome, falling, yielding, sinking, giving way or the like; subsistence; maintenance; assistance; reenforcement; as, he gave his family a good support, the support of national credit; the assaulting column had the support of a battery.
• (v.t.) To vindicate; to maintain; to defend successfully; as, to be able to support one's own cause.
• (v.t.) A attend as an honorary assistant; as, a chairman supported by a vice chairman; O'Connell left the prison, supported by his two sons.
• (v.t.) To keep from failing or sinking; to solace under affictive circumstances; to assist; to encourage; to defend; as, to support the courage or spirits.
• (v.t.) To carry on; to enable to continue; to maintain; as, to support a war or a contest; to support an argument or a debate.

Support is a bond engineered to counterbalance or uphold Planned Amortization Class, Targeted Amortization Class or other superior bonds in a deal. Also, referred to as a Companion Bond.

(DoD) The action of a force that aids, protects, complements, or sustains another force in accordance with a directive requiring such action.
(DoD) An element of a command that assists, protects, or supplies other forces in combat. See also close support; direct support; general support; interdepartmental or agency support; international logistic support; inter-Service support; mutual support.
(DoD) A unit that helps another unit in battle.