financing

noun

fi·​nanc·​ing fə-ˈnan(t)-siŋ How to pronounce financing (audio)
ˈfī-ˌnan(t)-,
fī-ˈnan(t)-
: the act or process or an instance of raising or providing funds
also : the funds thus raised or provided

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High-risk financing antics might be a turn off to some investors. Christopher Helman, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2025 Beginning with public investment, Chicago can look at property tax tools as a starting place, specifically property tax financing mechanisms. George Cardenas, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2025 No financing activities were reported for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to $22,777 received from related parties in the same period of the previous year. Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 24 Jan. 2025 Anthropic is said to be in talks to raise a new round of funding that could value the A.I. start-up at $60 billion, following recent financing efforts by xAI, owned by Musk, and OpenAI, the market leader valued at $157 billion. Cade Metz, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for financing 

Word History

Etymology

from gerund of finance entry 1

First Known Use

1865, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of financing was in 1865

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“Financing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/financing. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.

Legal Definition

financing

noun
fi·​nanc·​ing
: the act or process or an instance of raising or providing funds
also : the funds thus raised or provided
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