self-financing
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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The agency, which said it faces rising operational costs, has mandates to be self-financing and to deliver to more than 170 million addresses across the U.S. six days a week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
The company is seeking private and public funding, but Sheen said self-financing it initially would allow it to stand "on its own two feet".
From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2025
The U.S. also spends a lot less of public health dollars on elderly care, resulting in American families self-financing significant amounts for their own senior services, compared to most European countries.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 15, 2024
Mr. Spratlan, whose long road to the Pulitzer and the premiere also included his self-financing the concert that led to the prize, died on Feb. 9 at a hospice center in Mount Laurel, N.J.
From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2023
The increase in lending activity to 1970 was a direct consequence of the partial shift from predominantly budgetary financing of economic activities to a substantial measure of self-financing by enterprises and trusts.
From Area Handbook for Bulgaria by Baluyut, Violeta D.
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