self-financedadj.
/ˌsɛl(f)fʌɪˈnanst/, /ˌsɛl(f)fᵻˈnanst/, /ˌsɛl(f)ˈfʌɪnanst/, U.S. /ˌsɛl(f)ˈfaɪˌnænst/, /ˌsɛl(f)fᵻˈnænst/ Financed without recourse to external funds; self-funded.
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1904 Fortn. Rev. July 35 India is as self-financed as Egypt, yet the possession of both is a source of additional wealth to the inhabitants of the United Kingdom.
1953 Bull. Business Hist. Soc. June 97 The typical Illinois manufacturer of the nineteenth century was a self-financed man who was born and raised in Europe or on the eastern seaboard.
2007 S. Biggs & L. B. Helms Pract. Amer. Public Policymaking x. 207 Government corporations are organizations..financed by appropriations and/or self-financed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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