- present participle of finance.
financing
Americannoun
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the act of obtaining or furnishing money or capital for a purchase or enterprise.
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the funds so obtained.
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Etymology
Origin of financing
Explanation
Financing is the process of finding money for something you want. If you don't have enough money to buy the hot new video-game, you could try telling your parents that you need help financing your leisure activities. Notice the similarity between finance and finish? The root of both words is fin, which is Latin for "end," or "limit." Originally, financing meant ending a debt. If you owed money, you might ask a bank to finance you. Eventually people began asking banks for money even when they didn't owe anything. Now the word can be used to talk about getting money for almost any project, from a video-game purchase to a war.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Tice is a senior fellow at the National Center for Energy Analytics and author of the report “A Strategy for Financing the Nuclear Future.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026
Financing costs, based on the implied spread between S&P 500 Total Return Futures and the Fed’s Secured Overnight Financing Rate, or SOFR, is sitting at a record high.
From Barron's • Jun. 16, 2026
Mr. Lowenstein is the author of “Ways and Means: Lincoln and His Cabinet and the Financing of the Civil War.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Financing needs are being met by increasing the sizes of Treasury bills, which are short-term debt.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
Financing World War II left us with a tremendous public debt, which reached 279 billion dollars at its peak in February, 1946.
From State of the Union Address by Truman, Harry S.
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