REFINANCE Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

refinance

verb

Definition of refinance

as in to finance

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Recent Examples of refinance That suits floating-rate lenders, who earn more when rates stay up, and squeezes any borrower trying to refinance into those rates. — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026 If payments aren't made, the lender may still have the right to foreclose on the home or repossess the vehicle unless heirs continue making payments or refinance the loan. — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 26 June 2026 In that zone, markets don’t wait for the last dollar of capacity to be used up before demanding higher interest rates—or refusing to refinance government debt at all. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 21 June 2026 Proceeds from the sale will refinance outstanding debt, among other uses, the person said. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 15 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for refinance

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Verb

What a no vote would mean A ‘no’ vote would reject the bond proposal and prohibit the city from issuing new bonds to finance support of the Housing Trust Fund.

— Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2026
An O’Neil Group affiliate, the landlord entity financing the construction, applied for the tax credit.

— Alison Griffin, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of finance

Verb

Christine Reichert, a senior attorney for environmental nonprofit Earthjustice, has been aiding residents across the state in their campaigns against hyperscale data centers in their backyard.

— Alexandra Phelps, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
Van Hoytema’s cameras seem to be everywhere at once when Odysseus launches into a visceral clash, aided solely by Telemachus.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026

Definition of aid

Verb

Maryland Democrats have said that shuttering the facility is unlawful, given that Congress passed bipartisan legislation funding it.

— Bloomberg, Mercury News, 17 July 2026
The money is enough to fund Starbucks runs and bowling outings and occasional jaunts to the Hamptons with friends.

— Erika Janes, Curbed, 17 July 2026

Definition of fund

Verb

According to program officials 138 higher education institutions were underwriting Merit Scholarship awards this year.

— Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2026
Higher-for-longer separates managers who underwrote a downside case from managers who underwrote a refinancing that never came.

— Hugh Leask, CNBC, 14 July 2026

Definition of underwrite

Verb

In May, the NCAA reversed its long-standing ban on alcohol advertising during March Madness, allowing makers of beer, wine, spirits and hard seltzer makers to sponsor the college basketball tournaments for the first time starting next season.

— Dee-Ann Durbin, Fortune, 17 July 2026
Christopher Newport is one of roughly three dozen institutions that sponsor varsity sailing, which is not recognized as an NCAA sport and is instead governed by the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association of North America (ICSA).

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of sponsor

Verb

State backs fusion The company expects to break ground on the facility before the end of the year.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 July 2026
The lower house of parliament is widely expected to approve the measure after backing it in three previous readings, completing parliament’s work on the legislation announced by French President Emmanuel Macron over three years ago.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 July 2026

Definition of back

Verb

Even candidates who have merely been endorsed by progressive organizations have sought to draw distinctions.

— Nik Popli, Time, 13 July 2026
The group, which endorsed Jackson last week, is hosting a virtual rally headlining Jackson alongside the leftist Senate candidate in Michigan, Abdul el Sayed, on Monday night.

— Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 13 July 2026

Definition of endorse

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