- present participle of finance.
financing
Americannoun
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financings
plural
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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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Noun Inflected Forms
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.
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Meanwhile, there’s also hope that more infrastructure financing will be shouldered outside of the corporate bond market.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026
The structural budget deficits and inability to raise financing are also indicative of a poorly managed economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
The developers secured nearly $133 million in construction financing from an Arkansas bank last month.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
Without strong enough players, BC Partners pulled its proposed financing, the people said, all but sealing the league’s fate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
We spent our time, significantly, between the three- block section on Auburn Street where Negro financing and industry controls some eighty million dollars, and the section of the six Negro colleges.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
Such back-to-back financings have become more commonplace in Silicon Valley in the midst of the AI boom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
In its paperwork, SpaceX said it is required to use the proceeds from certain debt financings, as well as an IPO, to repay amounts outstanding under the bridge loan.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 20, 2026
Traditional money managers are also investors in the three companies, which have stayed private with many rounds of financings over the years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Yet so far in 2026, companies with investment-grade ratings have been issuing more “borrower-friendly” financings than anticipated, according to Del Vecchio, who noted some companies issuing equity along with debt.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 3, 2026
And that doesn’t count other financings, including Meta’s creative off-balance-sheet funding of its Louisiana data center, described by colleague Adam Levine in last week’s Tech Trader column.
From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2025
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