- 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.
Other Word Forms
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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Discussions occurred alongside the June financing, but internal processes delayed the funding until now.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
The two will additionally invest $5 million across private markets, providing financing to middle-market companies in the U.S., primarily across the industrials, services, healthcare and technology sectors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
US prosecutors allege that the planning and financing of Moise's killing was orchestrated from Florida, as well as the Dominican Republic and Haiti itself.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Lack of insurance also affects mortgage financing — and whether prospective buyers can get a loan.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
Cleopatra, who would be financing the expedition, may have helped with the strategizing, too.
From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby
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
Waldron added Goldman was working on large infrastructure financings that would rank among the biggest transactions involving the bank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
“They really copied this from us,” a CoreWeave executive told me, speaking of these debt financings.
From Barron's ● Jan. 31, 2026
That could signal that bond yields will push higher, keeping rates on new consumer loans, mortgages and corporate financings elevated.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 17, 2026
Onset used former First Brands executive Edward James for negotiations while allowing him to personally invest in the financings, generating hundreds of millions of dollars for James and outsize returns for Onset, the creditors alleged.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 6, 2026
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