Synonyms of financed

financed

verb

past tense of finance

1

as in funded

to provide money for

a local business kindly financed the high school band's trip to New York City

Synonyms & Similar Words

• funded
• subsidized
• capitalized
• supported
• bankrolled
• endowed
• sponsored
• underwrote
• staked
• endorsed
• backed
• maintained
• aided
• advocated
• refinanced
• paid
• championed
• patronized
• provided (for)
• defrayed
• liquidated
• cofinanced
• nourished
• stood
• grubstaked
• refunded
• paid up
• paid off
• sprang (for)
• footed
• discharged
• settled
• recompensed
• cleared
• quit

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• defunded

2

as in endowed

to furnish (as an institution) with a regular source of income

established a fund to finance a visiting lecturer position at the local college

Synonyms & Similar Words

• funded
• endowed
• established
• subsidized
• supported
• organized
• founded
• donated
• sponsored
• contributed
• granted
• bequeathed
• promoted
• awarded
• subscribed
• backed
• underwrote
• capitalized
• invested (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• received
• defunded
• drew
• disendowed
• subsisted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of financed

The United States now consumes nearly 40% of the electricity used by data centers worldwide, and the infrastructure required to support further growth will have to be financed, permitted, manufactured, and built. — Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026

Investigators were still tracing financial records to determine whether companies financed or ordered the land clearing, signaling the probe could expand beyond those arrested. — ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026

Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley showed earlier this year that California was spending $300 million a year just in development fees on subsidized housing, enough to have financed another 1,250 apartments each year. — Rob Davis, ProPublica, 21 Aug. 2026

In 1948, that arrangement took enduring form as the Music Performance Trust Fund, which has since financed free public performances by union musicians across the United States and Canada. — David Woodard, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026

That matters because some of these instruments can perform functions otherwise financed through public budgets, concessional capital or emergency aid. — Alaa Murabit, STAT, 20 Aug. 2026

The two men effectively financed each other’s fortunes, twice over. — Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026

Before 2021, foreign aid financed roughly three-quarters of public expenditures. — Kara Fox, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026

The financing There’s been very little disclosed about how this deal is being financed. — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 13 Aug. 2026