financial commitment
noun
: an obligation to spend a lot of money over a long time
Opening your own business requires a significant financial commitment.
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The Browns still have a huge financial commitment to Watson, who counts for just less than $36 million on the team’s 2025 salary cap and is scheduled to count for just more than $80 million in 2026.
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Zac Jackson, New York Times, 23 July 2025
The Broken Branches Fund will be administered in partnership with Music Health Alliance (MHA) and will be kicked off with a multi-year financial commitment to provide mental health resources to the creative and touring communities.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Among them: the Sacramento consortium, aka Tom Hanks and Bryan Cranston, two American guys who hinge their financial commitment on the outcome of a game of HORSE.
—Jocelyn Noveck, Boston Herald, 5 June 2025
But acquiring the talent to accomplish this is a financial commitment—whether it’s built in-house or outsourced.
—Natalie Nathanson, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
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Zac Jackson, New York Times, 23 July 2025
The Broken Branches Fund will be administered in partnership with Music Health Alliance (MHA) and will be kicked off with a multi-year financial commitment to provide mental health resources to the creative and touring communities.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Among them: the Sacramento consortium, aka Tom Hanks and Bryan Cranston, two American guys who hinge their financial commitment on the outcome of a game of HORSE.
—Jocelyn Noveck, Boston Herald, 5 June 2025
But acquiring the talent to accomplish this is a financial commitment—whether it’s built in-house or outsourced.
—Natalie Nathanson, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for financial commitment
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“Financial commitment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/financial%20commitment. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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