Synonyms of finance

finance

verb

1

as in to fund

to provide money for

a local business kindly financed the high school band's trip to New York City

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fund
• subsidize
• underwrite
• support
• capitalize
• bankroll
• endow
• stake
• sponsor
• endorse
• aid
• refinance
• back
• maintain
• advocate
• pay
• provide (for)
• champion
• defray
• cofinance
• pay off
• patronize
• pay up
• grubstake
• liquidate
• refund
• stand
• spring (for)
• nourish
• settle
• foot
• discharge
• quit
• recompense
• clear

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• defund

2

as in to establish

to furnish (as an institution) with a regular source of income

established a fund to finance a visiting lecturer position at the local college

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fund
• establish
• endow
• found
• subsidize
• support
• organize
• contribute
• grant
• promote
• underwrite
• sponsor
• donate
• award
• subscribe
• invest (in)
• back
• bequeath
• capitalize

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• receive
• defund
• draw
• disendow
• subsist

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of finance

Perhaps its most ambitious attempt was when, in the early 1980s, Fidel Castro embarked on plans to build a nuclear power plant in Juraguá, Cienfuegos province, to be built and financed with the help of the Soviet Union. — Juan Carlos López, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026

Across the largest technology companies, capital spending should approach $700 billion in 2026, increasingly financed by borrowing. — Kam Shenai, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2026

As the state’s deputy budget director and head of the school construction office, Diamantis had enormous influence over building projects through the distribution of hundreds of millions dollars in state grants that finance the projects. — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026

Younesi and Burke say that the build of the SuperCinema campus will be financed City National Bank and private investors. — Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026