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

On the acting front, Von and David Spade are starring in the buddy comedy Busboys, with the duo having co-written the script and self-financed the project set in an Arizona border town and around two pals who mistakenly believe that becoming waiters will solve all of their problems. —Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2025

For example, Theo Von and David Spade wrote and self-financed a buddy comedy starring the two of them. —Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025

All of these upgrades were self-financed as the company acted because worker wellbeing and long-term resilience made business sense. —Dianne Plummer, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025

Often, directors’ self-transformations involve changes in modes of production: Scorsese broke away from the studios and found independent financing; Coppola self-financed. —Richard Brody, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 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