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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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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Although legislators have not discussed Social Security reform at length, proposals have floated around about ways to fix the program’s financing woes.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026
They model 5.7 gigawatts of new capacity in 2027, with the company set to face headwinds from financing, chips, power, and local opposition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
The Saudi PIF spent an estimated $5 billion to $6 billion on LIV Golf in less than five years of operations before ceasing financing in April.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
The motorcycle maker saw its first sales boost in years as riders respond to new models and cheap financing.
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
The financings haven’t closed, and the terms of the deals could still change.
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
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
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
First Brands’ massive off-balance-sheet financings were tightly integrated with the flow of inventory throughout its corporate empire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
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