self-financing

adjective

1. (of a student, business, etc) financing oneself or itself without external grants or aid

Example Sentences

Passenger levels increased by a maximum of about 6.8% but the scheme required a 10% rise to be self-financing.

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The company is seeking private and public funding, but Sheen previously said he would be self-financing it initially to allow it to "stand on its own two feet".

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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".

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They recruited friends Anas Omar and Henry Harte to film their travels and, self-financing their mission, they set off.

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Last month Transport Secretary Fiona Hyslop said there had been an increase in passenger levels of about 6.8% during the pilot but it would need to be 10% in order for the policy to be self-financing.

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