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
As a result, the city solidified a public-private partnership with the mall, meaning the two would manage, develop and finance Arden Fair together.
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Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 1 May 2026
Wishful Thinking is also produced by Buckwild Pictures and Highway 10, who also financed the film.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 1 May 2026
The film is produced by Lewis Pullman for Buckwild Pictures, Dan Gedman and Matt Smith for Highway 10 who also fully financed the film, and Kara Durrett for Pinky Promise, and executive produced by Alyssa Roehrenbeck, Sarah Mather, Jessamine Burgum, Cameron Fuller, and Graham Patrick Martin.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 1 May 2026
Middle Eastern royal families, which include Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman and other foreign investors, would help finance Paramount’s proposed $81-billion transaction.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
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Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 1 May 2026
Wishful Thinking is also produced by Buckwild Pictures and Highway 10, who also financed the film.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 1 May 2026
The film is produced by Lewis Pullman for Buckwild Pictures, Dan Gedman and Matt Smith for Highway 10 who also fully financed the film, and Kara Durrett for Pinky Promise, and executive produced by Alyssa Roehrenbeck, Sarah Mather, Jessamine Burgum, Cameron Fuller, and Graham Patrick Martin.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 1 May 2026
Middle Eastern royal families, which include Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman and other foreign investors, would help finance Paramount’s proposed $81-billion transaction.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for finance
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Pay raises for 42,000 employees The budget will also fund controversial pay raises for state employees.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
2 May 2026
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The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO), which investigates complaints about the NHS, determined that a local health body was denying women, but not men, funding for sterilization.—
Sophie Tanno,
CNN Money,
2 May 2026
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Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, and South Africa, for example, are trying to shield the public by cutting fuel taxes, subsidizing diesel and cooking fuel, and capping bread and electricity prices.—
Judd Devermont,
semafor.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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Our social problem of bad food being so prevalent and so cheap and being subsidized by the government.—
Torie Bosch,
STAT,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Finance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finance. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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