financing

[fi-nan-sing, fahy-nan-]

noun

1. the act of obtaining or furnishing money or capital for a purchase or enterprise.

2. the funds so obtained.

Word History and Origins

Origin of financing¹

First recorded in 1820–30; finance (verb) + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Rising financing costs make deals harder to structure, exit markets are crowded, and firms now compete against each other to sell assets back into a less receptive public market.

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“The Sea,” which received financing from the Israeli Film Fund, risks becoming one of the boycott’s first targets.

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Koenig, 70, sold his company five years ago and recently launched eCaregivers, financing it on his own, while looking for a like-minded investor.

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It has several customers and wasn’t seeking funding, but after fielding more investor interest, it raised $11 million in additional seed financing, Johnson said.

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Altman has been on a dealmaking spree over the past month, at times using creative financing structures to secure hundreds of billions of dollars worth of computing power.

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• expenditure 
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• loan 
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