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
My colleagues here at ABC News broke the story, the Department of Justice is finalizing a deal to establish a nearly $2 billion fund to finance payouts to Trump political allies who claim they were wronged by the government.
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ABC News, 17 May 2026
Cuba’s once-famous sugar cane industry — which financed the early days of the Communist revolution — collapsed, as government spending on the sector plummeted.
—New York Times, 16 May 2026
It was produced by Strong Island, and co-produced and primarily financed by Valecroft, in concert with Rather Good Films, Tetrad, Pixium Film Group, Kodachrome, Secondary Lenders and Calculus Capital.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 16 May 2026
Today, the brand officially launches a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to finance the FlowCore series of Thunderbolt enclosures.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
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ABC News, 17 May 2026
Cuba’s once-famous sugar cane industry — which financed the early days of the Communist revolution — collapsed, as government spending on the sector plummeted.
—New York Times, 16 May 2026
It was produced by Strong Island, and co-produced and primarily financed by Valecroft, in concert with Rather Good Films, Tetrad, Pixium Film Group, Kodachrome, Secondary Lenders and Calculus Capital.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 16 May 2026
Today, the brand officially launches a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to finance the FlowCore series of Thunderbolt enclosures.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for finance
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Standing in attendance, like doctors in a teaching hospital, was a team of conservators funded by Save Venice, an American organization that works with local experts and authorities to preserve Venice’s artistic heritage.—
Sebastian Smee,
The Atlantic,
16 May 2026
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The fund was passed by the legislature last fall in response to federal funding cuts that had resulted in food programs like SNAP, WIC and other programs that aided low-income Americans not being funded.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
16 May 2026
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Because those contributions are deducted at the 37% rate, the IRS subsidizes another $8,510.—
Teresa Ghilarducci,
Boston Herald,
18 May 2026
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Anthropic's June 15 credit-pool change signals that subsidized programmatic usage on subscription plans is ending across the industry.—
Janakiram MSV,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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“Finance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finance. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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