finance
verb/ˈfaɪnæns/, /faɪˈnæns/, /fəˈnæns/
/ˈfaɪnæns/, /faɪˈnæns/, /fəˈnæns/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they finance | /ˈfaɪnæns/, /faɪˈnæns/, /fəˈnæns/ /ˈfaɪnæns/, /faɪˈnæns/, /fəˈnæns/ |
| he / she / it finances | /ˈfaɪnænsɪz/, /faɪˈnænsɪz/, /fəˈnænsɪz/ /ˈfaɪnænsɪz/, /faɪˈnænsɪz/, /fəˈnænsɪz/ |
| past simple financed | /ˈfaɪnænst/, /faɪˈnænst/, /fəˈnænst/ /ˈfaɪnænst/, /faɪˈnænst/, /fəˈnænst/ |
| past participle financed | /ˈfaɪnænst/, /faɪˈnænst/, /fəˈnænst/ /ˈfaɪnænst/, /faɪˈnænst/, /fəˈnænst/ |
| -ing form financing | /ˈfaɪnænsɪŋ/, /faɪˈnænsɪŋ/, /fəˈnænsɪŋ/ /ˈfaɪnænsɪŋ/, /faɪˈnænsɪŋ/, /fəˈnænsɪŋ/ |
- to provide money for a project synonym fund
- finance something He took a job to finance his stay in Germany.
- The building project will be financed by the government.
- be financed through something The research is financed through government grants.
- be financed with something Today just 10% of car purchases are financed with loans.
Extra ExamplesTopics Businessb2, Moneyb2- The new roads will be financed privately.
- The project was financed jointly by the British and French governments.
- the £37 million needed to finance the redevelopment
- the introduction of a properly financed dog warden scheme
- Apparently he committed the offences to finance his drug addiction.
- The money was used to finance the takeover of three rival companies.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- entirely
- wholly
- largely
- …
- help (to)
- be needed to
- be required to
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from finer ‘make an end, settle a debt’, from fin ‘end’, from Latin finis ‘end’ (in medieval Latin denoting a sum paid on settling a lawsuit). The original sense was ‘payment of a debt, compensation, or ransom’; later ‘taxation, revenue’. Current senses date from the 18th cent., and reflect sense development in French.Want to learn more?
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