financing 1 of 2

noun

Definition of financingnext
1
as in funding

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2
as in capital

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verb

present participle of finance
1
as in subsidizing
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 establishing
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 financing
Noun
Kenya’s Ruto said financing remained the biggest obstacle to achieving universal access to clean cooking technologies across Africa. — ABC News, 9 July 2026 But while most surveys often involve purchases at full price, this research focused on BNPL, a financing option that is particularly popular when times are hard. — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 8 July 2026
Verb
Hospitals are largely responsible for financing seismic construction upgrades, and the California Hospital Association has balked at the cost. — Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 28 June 2026 And the last, and most complex, are the regional powers financing the fighting, middle-power actors like the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Iran spending huge sums to back insurgent groups while carrying out strategic military strikes in pursuit of resources and political power. — Janine Di Giovanni, Vanity Fair, 25 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for financing
Recent Examples of Synonyms for financing
  1. funding
  2. capital
  3. subsidizing
  4. subsidy
  5. assets
  6. endowment
  7. cash
  8. roll
Noun
  • Google has also been involved both as a research partner and through funding.
    — Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 9 July 2026
  • In May, the IMF said AI is changing how the financial system deals with vulnerabilities and incidents, and that extreme cyber losses could trigger funding stress, solvency concerns and wider market disruption.
    — Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of funding
Noun
  • The fund will give Arada a new source of capital to fund its ambitions at a time when lenders and investors have become more cautious about Gulf real estate in the wake of the Iran war.
    — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 7 July 2026
  • That capital is now tied down rather than being deployed for investment or expansion.
    — Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of capital
Verb
  • That’s because Medicare, rather than the Part D insurer, is subsidizing the prescription.
    — Ali Swenson, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • Mark Cohen observed that law firms have long depended upon clients subsidizing the development of young lawyers through billable work and that AI challenges both the economics and developmental logic of that arrangement.
    — Joseph Andrew, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Definition of subsidizing
Noun
  • Health policy experts said the drop-off is the clearest sign yet that the lapse of federal subsidies for ACA premiums is making insurance too expensive for many Americans, leading many households to drop their coverage.
    — Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 3 July 2026
  • Unlike their American counterparts, Chinese firms often benefit from subsidies, tax incentives, access to launch facilities, and investments from provincial governments.
    — Rainer Zitelmann, Fortune, 2 July 2026
Definition of subsidy
Noun
  • North Field on Tinian, which was once the busiest airport in the world, was shut down after the war but is undergoing renovation to become an alternate base to Guam as Washington tries to disperse its assets around the region.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
  • If Washington intends to withdraw forces, assets or capabilities, allies need a roadmap and a timeline.
    — Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 6 July 2026
Definition of assets
Noun
  • Kinshasa hopes the bourse, which will list securities in both the local currency and the US dollar, will tap into global interest in its mineral endowments.
    — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 3 July 2026
  • The legislature approved a $50 million operations endowment, requiring library planners to raise $100 million in private donations, a goal met in 2020.
    — Jack Dura, Fortune, 2 July 2026
Definition of endowment
Noun
  • If no one wins the jackpot, the cash prize will keep ticking up.
    — Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 7 July 2026
  • There’s enough cash on hand for Rhaenyra to administer the Seven Kingdoms for a fortnight, and no one remaining from the old regime — not Alicent, not Orwyle — knows where Lannister hid the rest of the ingots.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 July 2026
Definition of cash
Noun
  • Accessibility Elevators provide access to every floor, and accessible rooms are available, with accommodations such as wheelchair accessible routes, roll-in showers, and a visual alarm for guests who are deaf or hard of hearing.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2026
  • Those grants are then used to protect IT systems from foreign and domestic cyberattacks, update voting systems, ensure the accuracy of voter rolls and protect the integrity of ballots after they are cast.
    — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
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