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
The relationship in question stemmed from about $60 million in financing that Zions’ CB&T made in 2016 and 2017 to two related investment vehicles, Cantor Group II and Cantor Group IV.
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Leslie Picker, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2025
In 2021, the firm obtained a loan from a Madison Realty Capital affiliate to finance construction, county records show.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Gaza City Mayor Yahya al-Sarraj said this part of the cleanup effort was being financed by Qatar, a major donor to Gaza for years.
—NPR, 16 Oct. 2025
The research forms part of Poland’s SONATA17 project and the Quantum Optical Technologies program, co-financed by the European Union.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
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Leslie Picker, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2025
In 2021, the firm obtained a loan from a Madison Realty Capital affiliate to finance construction, county records show.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Gaza City Mayor Yahya al-Sarraj said this part of the cleanup effort was being financed by Qatar, a major donor to Gaza for years.
—NPR, 16 Oct. 2025
The research forms part of Poland’s SONATA17 project and the Quantum Optical Technologies program, co-financed by the European Union.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
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These rewards are also funded by the fees that credit card companies charge merchants every time any customer pays with a card.—
Gordon Ebanks,
CNN Money,
19 Oct. 2025
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Countries offer this route to quickly fund public projects and drive national development through immediate revenue.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Oct. 2025
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Its politics tend to be a battle between center-left and progressive factions, subsidized by the stratospheric wealth of policy-shaping tech and real-estate billionaires.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
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In that scenario, California would be subsidizing productions that would’ve opted to shoot in the state regardless.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Finance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finance. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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