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
Under the Affordable Care Act's expansion of Medicaid, the government finances 90% of the costs of those who were made newly eligible under the program.
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Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 27 Feb. 2025
Other means have also been proposed for financing the tax cuts and new expenditures laid out in the resolution.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
To finance the rearming, Mr. Starmer will pare back Britain’s overseas development aid, a move that echoes, on a more modest scale, Mr. Trump’s dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development.
—Mark Landler, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Clooney had to mortgage his house to help finance the black-and-white film, which received six Oscar nominations, including for best screenplay.
—Thea Traff, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
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Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 27 Feb. 2025
Other means have also been proposed for financing the tax cuts and new expenditures laid out in the resolution.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
To finance the rearming, Mr. Starmer will pare back Britain’s overseas development aid, a move that echoes, on a more modest scale, Mr. Trump’s dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development.
—Mark Landler, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Clooney had to mortgage his house to help finance the black-and-white film, which received six Oscar nominations, including for best screenplay.
—Thea Traff, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Finance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finance. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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