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Supporting and Structuring

noun

  • The act of bearing the weight of or strengthening.
    • usage: "he leaned against the wall for support"

verb

  • Give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to.
    • usage: "She supported him during the illness"; "Her children always backed her 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"
  • 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"
  • Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts.
    • usage: "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant"
  • Adopt as a belief.
    • usage: "I subscribe to your view on abortion"
  • Support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm.
    • usage: "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence"
  • Argue or speak in defense of.
    • usage: "She supported the motion to strike"
  • 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"
  • 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"

adjective

  • Furnishing support and encouragement.
    • usage: "the anxious child needs supporting and accepting treatment from the teacher"
  • Capable of bearing a structural load.
    • usage: "a supporting wall"
(p.pr.&vb.n.) of Support.

Structuring is a term which is used several ways. It can refer to arranging a deal. Structuring can refer to rearrange the cash flow components, both interest and principal, into new streams or structures. Structuring is the name for breaking down currency payments below treasury department reporting limits. The usual motivation for this is avoidance of income taxes or cloaking ownership. Here, cash and postal money orders are considered as currency.