finance
noun
the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.
had been financing
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past perfect progressiveof finance.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Mr Putin himself pointed out that the Russian state had been financing Wagner.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2023
As Nace explained in an interview with The Washington Informer, Merrell Dow had been "financing scientific articles to get their way."
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2020
Since then, she had been financing her work through savings, though those funds were running low.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2019
But the process was slower than they anticipated and coincided with a retrenchment at studios and production companies, which were closing or downsizing specialty divisions that had been financing quirky low-budget films.
From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2010
Under the name of that institution de Barral with the frantic obstinacy of an unimaginative man had been financing an Indian prince who was prosecuting a claim for immense sums of money against the government.
From Chance A Tale in Two Parts by Joseph Conrad
