financing 1 of 2

noun

Definition of financingnext
1
as in funding

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2
as in capital

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financing

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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
As a Canadian company, Abrupt has a track record in international co-productions, production financing and tapping tax incentives and other soft money subsidies to get its documentaries made. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026 Its consumer platform also reaches into areas including credit, real estate, investment-property financing, and other financial questions. — Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
Verb
While financing indie movies remains a challenge, the Spanish and Italian producers agreed there was still room for bold, distinctive storytelling among streamers chasing mainstream audiences. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 19 Oct. 2026 Homeowners can explore available incentives and financing through the Minnesota Air Source Heat Collaborative or Electrify Everything MN. — Derek James, CBS News, 19 Oct. 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
  • Colom’s campaign told the Washington Examiner that the Democratic nominee had no part in commissioning, funding, conducting, or releasing the Wedgewood survey and that the campaign only referenced it as a public poll.
    — Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Private investors can sometimes trade their shares, but the market is less liquid, with the payoff coming when a company is sold, taken public, or raises a new round of funding.
    — Diane Brady, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of funding
Noun
  • While the company is a private-sector operator, it is backed by the Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala and International Holding Company, which is affiliated with state capital.
    — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Finnish President Alexander Stubb also met with the Ukrainian president in Norway's capital.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of capital
Verb
  • In other words, taxpayers are subsidizing the payroll beneath a dynastic fortune.
    — Christopher Marquis, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
  • For now, the leading AI companies can stay afloat by attracting huge investment (OpenAI and Anthropic), or subsidizing their AI operations with their traditional revenue streams (Google and Meta).
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of subsidizing
Noun
  • Smaller-scale landlords tend to be more flexible with tenants on issues such as late rent, data show, so the city should award grants or subsidies to help those landlords keep their properties habitable, Khanmalek said.
    — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Tesla has its own stakes in Washington, where Congress and federal agencies can reshape electric-vehicle tax breaks, battery subsidies, autonomous-vehicle rules and trade policy affecting Chinese competitors.
    — Luke Fountain,Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of subsidy
Noun
  • The kingdom, and its neighbors like the UAE and Qatar, have pitched themselves as not just sources of capital, but as a safe home for trillions in financial assets, data centers, and new industries.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Skydance, a small production company founded by David Ellison in 2006, has turned into a media giant that unites not only two legacy Hollywood studios but also broadcasting, streaming, and news network assets.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of assets
Noun
  • In an onstage conversation with the endowment’s CEO, Damon Wilson, Díaz-Balart said Americans can take for granted freedoms other societies have lost.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The new strategic direction comes less than one year into Ford Foundation President Heather Gerken's tenure at the helm of the social justice funder's $18 billion endowment.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of endowment
Noun
  • For founders sitting atop a mountain of stock, that beats selling shares, paying tax, and then giving away the cash.
    — Diane Brady, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Strategists in both parties said that this redistricting scramble has changed how donors are being approached for state legislative races — rarely the first places where the largest political funders send their cash.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of cash
Noun
  • Noel personally drove him to the train station, gave him a fresh sausage roll, and sent him on his way.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Studies and audits of state voter rolls have repeatedly found that voting by noncitizens is rare and hasn’t swayed any elections.
    — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
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“Financing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/financing. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.

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