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.
were financing
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past progressiveof finance.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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“We were financing many films and television shows with third-party capital,” Rice said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2019
It said the fact that defendants discussed bringing milk, juice and pastries to Gezi, as well as gasmasks to counter the effects of tear gas, showed they were financing the protests.
From Reuters ● Mar. 19, 2019
Several U.S. cities and environmental groups were suing the Export-Import Bank of the United States and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, alleging the institutions were financing projects that would damage Earth's climate.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 25, 2016
Canusa and QRS were financing the construction of the plant themselves.
From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2015
The project never went any farther, however, because Mr. Thomas Saunders and Mr. Gardiner Hubbard, who were financing Mr. Bell's experiments, felt the chances of this contrivance working satisfactorily were too uncertain.
From Ted and the Telephone by William F. (William Frederick) Stecher
