1
as in to fund
to provide money for
a local business kindly financed the high school band's trip to New York City
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2
as in to establish
to furnish (as an institution) with a regular source of income
established a fund to finance a visiting lecturer position at the local college
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Recent Examples of finance
In January 1991, Arlington voters approved by a near 2-1 margin a half-cent sales tax to help finance the new $191 million home for the Texas Rangers, The Ballpark in Arlington.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Apr. 2026
Artistic efforts should be self-sustaining as patrons finance them, not continually maintained by government subsidies.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
Larsen aired his frustration at a gala at the Fairmont Hotel where he was inducted into a San Francisco business hall of fame, taking a place alongside real estate magnate Walter Shorenstein and finance luminary Charles Schwab.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2026
To help finance Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens' Neighborhood Reinvestment Initiative, the city is hoping to extend its eight Tax Allocation Districts, or TADs – districts drawn to funnel increases in property tax revenues into redevelopment projects.
—Brian Unger, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Apr. 2026
Artistic efforts should be self-sustaining as patrons finance them, not continually maintained by government subsidies.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
Larsen aired his frustration at a gala at the Fairmont Hotel where he was inducted into a San Francisco business hall of fame, taking a place alongside real estate magnate Walter Shorenstein and finance luminary Charles Schwab.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2026
To help finance Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens' Neighborhood Reinvestment Initiative, the city is hoping to extend its eight Tax Allocation Districts, or TADs – districts drawn to funnel increases in property tax revenues into redevelopment projects.
—Brian Unger, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for finance
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Mahan also has the backing of two independent expenditure committees funded largely by tech leaders and other wealthy investors.—
Grace Hase,
Mercury News,
25 Apr. 2026
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Raising the income cap would deliver more taxes to fund Social Security.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
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Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, and South Africa, for example, are trying to shield the public by cutting fuel taxes, subsidizing diesel and cooking fuel, and capping bread and electricity prices.—
Judd Devermont,
semafor.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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Our social problem of bad food being so prevalent and so cheap and being subsidized by the government.—
Torie Bosch,
STAT,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Finance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finance. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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