1
as in to fund
to provide money for
a local business kindly financed the high school band's trip to New York City
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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
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Recent Examples of finance
After winning last year’s World Series, the Dodgers financed a roster that cost about $500 million when including the luxury tax bill.
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Andy McCullough, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
More recently, high-profile firms including Amazon, Apple, Coinbase, Comcast, Google, Lockheed Martin and Meta Platforms have agreed to help finance the ballroom Trump plans for the White House after ordering the building’s East Wing to be demolished.
—Bill Barrow, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
Under the pact, Legion M will work with Bleecker to co-finance the film’s distribution and marketing over the entire lifetime of the project.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
And suddenly Aytaç gets wind that Abdi’s been secretly financing this big project for some other guy.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
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Andy McCullough, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
More recently, high-profile firms including Amazon, Apple, Coinbase, Comcast, Google, Lockheed Martin and Meta Platforms have agreed to help finance the ballroom Trump plans for the White House after ordering the building’s East Wing to be demolished.
—Bill Barrow, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
Under the pact, Legion M will work with Bleecker to co-finance the film’s distribution and marketing over the entire lifetime of the project.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
And suddenly Aytaç gets wind that Abdi’s been secretly financing this big project for some other guy.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for finance
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Partner with the Wisconsin Arts Board for an America's 250th folklife project, funded by a grant from the Smithsonian.—
Jim Higgins,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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The charitable organization funded by the Johnson & Johnson heiress is known for gifts to education, health and civic projects.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
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In that doomsday scenario, California would be subsidizing productions that would have opted to shoot in the state regardless.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
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The government shutdown has focused debate on the vast sum ($136 billion in 2025, as projected by the Congressional Budget Office) that the federal government spends to annually subsidize continually skyrocketing Obamacare health insurance premiums.—
Stephen Moore,
Boston Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Finance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finance. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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