support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant
branch office; branch store
under control (e.g. of territory)
branch manager; manager of a branch office
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
incoherent; inconsistent; illogical; disorderly; confused; nonsensical
expenditure; disbursement; expenses
12 signs of the Chinese zodiac
detached force; detachment
head of a branch; branch office manager; bureau chief
(governmental) branch office; subprefecture
subsidiary domain; sub-fief
payment; defrayal; disbursement
earthly branches (the 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac)
financial supporter (of a visa applicant); financial sponsor
kanji "branch" radical as enclosure
south China; southern China