self-finance

verb

self-fi·​nance ˌself-fə-ˈnan(t)s 

-ˈfī-ˌnan(t)s,

-fī-ˈnan(t)s

self-financed; self-financing; self-finances

1

transitive : to raise or provide funds or capital for (something) oneself : to finance (something) oneself

Sherzan self-financed much of his primary campaign, putting in more than $640,000 of his own money.

—Kathie Obradovich

2

intransitive : to furnish or provide oneself with necessary funds or capital

They lack the resources to self-finance until they have built a big enough operation.

—Patrick Kennedy

Examples of self-finance in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

All the investments were self-financed, including the significant property acquisitons, denting the net cash position, which amounted to 569.7 million euros at the end of 2024 compared with 945.6 million euros at the end of 2023. —Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 2 July 2025

Gillis self-financed the first six-episode season of Tires, which dropped in May 2024 and was also created by Steve Gerben and John McKeever. —Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025

Coppola self-financed the $120 million film which bombed at the box office and has earned only $14.3 million worldwide to date. —Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2025

Not only has the film already received rave reviews ahead of its June 27 release for its deeply personal and captivating storyline and sublime cast and acting, but the independent film is also making history by being entirely self-financed and nationally distributed. —Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for self-finance

• circumstance
• exceedance
• happenstance
• refinance
• advance
• askance
• enhance
• expanse
• finance
• freelance
• mischance
• perchance