financefinance2 ●●○ AWL verb [transitive] 
The concerts are financed by the Arts Council.—financing noun [uncountable]: The financing for the deal has been approved in principle.
VERB TABLE
finance
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | finance |
| he, she, it | finances | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | financed |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have financed |
| he, she, it | has financed | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had financed |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will finance |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have financed |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am financing |
| he, she, it | is financing | |
| you, we, they | are financing | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was financing |
| you, we, they | were financing | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been financing |
| he, she, it | has been financing | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been financing |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be financing |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been financing |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- More than $100,000 was donated to help finance Ryan's heart transplant.
- We financed the new house through the credit union.
- An agreement is expected to send bond yields lower by curbing the supply of securities the Treasury sells to finance annual deficits.
- Barneys said the two parties could not reach agreement on financing, royalties, equity and trade name issues.
- But why should taxpayers finance it?
- However, it seems that some additional finance will have to be raised to finance the proposed purchase of property.
- Paul and Minneapolis created a nonprofit corporation to finance low-income housing.
- Share ownership Shares are a particularly important type of wealth used to finance production.
- The cost of the bags and labels go towards financing the project.
Longman Language Activatorto provide money to help someone do something
also subsidise British if a government or other organization subsidizes something, it pays part of the cost: · Many companies subsidize meals for their workers.· a government-subsidized health service· The city council subsidizes the local orchestra.
if a company sponsors something such as sports event, a theatre, or an art show, it provides some of the money that is needed, often as a form of advertising: · The new league will be sponsored by Pepsi Cola.· The bank is sponsoring an art exhibition.
to provide all the money needed to pay for something, especially an important or expensive plan: · Both schools and industry will be involved in funding the new training projects.· a charity funded by private donations· The state should fund the arts for the benefit of us all.
informal to provide the money for something such as a business or a plan: · The competition is being bankrolled by a New York businessman and computer enthusiast.· Ed Bass, a millionaire from Texas, bankrolled the Biosphere project.
to provide the money needed for something and agree to take responsibility and pay any debts if it fails: · The British government has agreed to underwrite the project with a grant of £5 million.· The venture was underwritten by several companies.
to provide some of the money needed to start or continue in business, hoping that you will get more money back if the business is successful: · Small investors and large companies have both put money into the exhibition.· He put all his money into a dotcom company that later failed.
to provide the money needed to pay for something, especially by doing something to earn or collect that money: · The government uses money from taxes to finance higher education.· She gave swimming lessons to finance her stay in Australia.· It's a great show, but he can't find anyone to back it.· The bank is eager to back business ideas by local people.
to provide a lot of money over a period of time to pay for something, especially something that will later be unsuccessful: · Many biotech companies are not yet profitable, as they continue to pour money into research and trials.
to provide a lot of money for something, especially government money - use this when you do not think that this is the best way of solving a problem or improving a situation: · The way to solve the education crisis is not necessarily to throw money at it.· The Republicans see him as a liberal whose only solution to the nation's problems was to throw money at them.
WORD SETSamortize, verbAPR, nounborrowing powers, nouncollateral, nouncompound interest, nouncreditor, nouncredit rating, nouncreditworthy, adjectivedebenture, noundebit note, nounfinance, nounfinance, verbfinance company, nounforeclose, verbhire purchase, nouninterest, nouninterest-free, adjectiveinterest rate, nounletter of credit, nounliquidate, verbliquidation, nounliquidator, nounmoneylender, nounmoney market, nounmoratorium, nounmortgage, nounmortgage, verbofficial receiver, nounowing, adjectivepayable, adjectiveprime rate, nounpromissory note, nounredeem, verbremission, nounremit, verbremortgage, verbrepay, verbrepayable, adjectiverepayment, nounrepossess, verbreschedule, verbsavings and loan association, nounsecure, verbsecurity, nounsequester, verbsequestrate, verbsettlement, nounsimple interest, nounsurety, nounundischarged, adjectiveusurer, nounusurious, adjectiveusury, nounventure capital, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES the world of high finance a meeting of EU foreign ministers a Defence Ministry spokesmanCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
(=the area of finance relating to the money big companies need to run their businesses)· I was trying to get a job in corporate finance.
(=in a company)· He worked in the sales department of a small software company.
the world of high finance a meeting of EU foreign ministers a Defence Ministry spokesman· In addition to public funding, much health care is financed privately by both companies and individuals.· If more were financed privately then taxation could be reduced and incentives increased accordingly.· Headed by Jack Kemp, this largely Republican commission was privately financed.· We have also been in negotiation to privately finance a port facility in joint venture with Central Government and the Local Authority.· The channel tunnel is entirely privately financed.
NOUN· The capital gains from disposals finance further acquisitions and further capital gains.· The real-estate investment trust said it will use the notes to finance property acquisitions and to repay debt.· Since going public in late 1994, Corporate Express has made two additional offerings in order to finance its acquisitions.
· This leaves only 10% to finance newer activities.· Cash flows from financing activities contributed $ 497, 000 to cash.· We will encourage both to become more entrepreneurial in order to finance their activities in developing markets.· Archbishop Prospero Penados del Barrio has charged that some political parties have financed their activities with ransom money.
· This was given nine months before the bank collapsed and financed Gasco's takeover of Cornish tin mining company St Piran.· This would discriminate against the growth of small, new firms, which may rely on bank loans to finance their investment.· Part was earmarked for the bank to finance the next big phase of her long-term program.· A bank or potential private financing source may be approached in this regard.· Previous studies have found that bank financing is generally more available to men.
· So-called national budgets in many countries are more than 50-per-cent dependent on external financing.· He has yet to deliver on promises such as welfare reform, an overhaul of campaign financing or a balanced budget.· The government treats asset receipts not as a means of financing the budget deficit, but instead as negative public expenditure.· The agency would be financed by the combined budgets of the existing food inspection programs.· Certain protected expenses were to be financed in full from the budget, and submitted to the Supreme Soviet for approval.
· It is not a capital account operator, dealing with the more complex business of how to finance that debt.· In 1961, 78 percent of corporate business investment was financed by retained earnings.· Offered rates of negotiable, bankbacked business credit instruments typically financing an import order.
· Gingrich shook hands with Clinton last June promising to appoint a commission to change the way congressional campaigns are financed.· The drumbeat for an appointment of an independent counsel to investigate alleged abuses in campaign financing will almost certainly escalate.· Dole is now expected to tap a new source of campaign financing: the Republican National Committee.· The system of campaign financing and fund-raising is an important story to investigate.· Political campaigns were financed by such groups, and political consensus was brokered between such organizations.· He has yet to deliver on promises such as welfare reform, an overhaul of campaign financing or a balanced budget.· On campaign finance reform he called for enactment of bipartisan legislation by July 4.
· The capital gains from disposals finance further acquisitions and further capital gains.· These companies have very high demands for equity capital to finance their growth and generally pay no dividends or very low dividends.· Where capital is financed from grants, there will be no direct revenue effect.· It will use the capital to finance and accelerate its expansion, the company said.· Obviously, when capital is financed from revenue, the accounting takes place at the same time as the financing.· Last month, Total Entertainment completed a new round of investment capital financing totaling more than $ 12 million.· Margaret Thatcher, too, realized the potential of having this major capital project financed by the private sector.· Most governments use capital budgets to finance their long-term assets.
· Working capital for stocks and work in progress. 2. Cash to finance trade credit. 3.
· Instead, they are paying down debt, saving for retirement and financing college educations and health care.· He claimed he should have sought legal advice before wrongfully using tax-exempt foundations to finance a televised college course.
· Borrowers with companies financed by the wholesale money markets are already paying rates of about 14.75 percent.· The company cut its financing costs by 63 million francs, by converting 836 million francs of convertible bonds to equity.· At the simplest level, a company may finance its new factory through its own cash resources.· Even so, some analysts question whether the company can finance a new model costing, perhaps, £250 million without outside help.· The company intended to finance these assets using both debt and equity capital.· As it is fast growing, additional capital has to be injected into the company to finance the rapid rate of growth.
· This would reduce the amount of money that had to be borrowed to finance the construction of the new house.· In January 1988, First Interstate agreed to finance construction of the Mercado.· For example, gasoline taxes are typically earmarked for the financing of highway construction and repairs.
· He claimed he should have sought legal advice before wrongfully using tax-exempt foundations to finance a televised college course.
· Small firms are consequently forced to rely much more on trade credit to finance their operations.· Olympic said it will use the additional line of credit to finance the daily purchase of auto receivables prior to securitization.· Governments permitted the credit expansion required to finance the higher price level.· At the same time, an aggressive firm would make maximum use of trade credit and short-term debt financing.· Proceeds will be used primarily to repay revolving credit borrowings, to finance new store openings and for working capital.· A developer could use historic preservation credits to finance a project there, he said.· Offered rates of negotiable, bankbacked business credit instruments typically financing an import order.
· Kingfisher is calling on shareholders for as much as £313 million in a two-part rights issue to part finance the deal.· Democrats have criticized the Republican Party for financing of the cable deal.· Surely there was some other way to finance the deal.· He could scrape together financing for a deal as well as sketch out the design for an attractive development.· Virani was able to issue more and more paper in order to finance bigger and bigger deals.
· Suppose first that T 0, so that the excess of interest over new debt is financed by a capital tax.· At the same time, an aggressive firm would make maximum use of trade credit and short-term debt financing.· Some 90 percent of government debt is financed from domestic savings, leaving little capital spare for stocks.· Thus, leasing is considered a form of debt financing.
· Whenever the government runs a budget deficit, it will have to finance that deficit by borrowing.· An agreement is expected to send bond yields lower by curbing the supply of securities the Treasury sells to finance annual deficits.· Second, it attracts hot money into the country to finance the current account deficit because investors perceive no currency risk.· This was partly because the increasing integration of world capital markets has made it easier to finance current-account deficits.· At some point the United States will lose its ability to finance its trade deficit.· In future they would no longer be allowed to finance public-sector deficits or loan applications from large debtors.· The government borrowed from the banks about four-fifths of these deposits, to finance its deficit.
· Agouron is counting on Viracept sales to finance development of several other products, including a cancer drug now in clinical trials.· Clearly, we would need to allow for interest on any amounts borrowed to finance the development.· Despite this, externally borrowed funds are used to supplement domestic funds made available to finance their development by the government.· Carpetright comes to the market with no borrowings and has financed the development of 116 stores from its own resources.· Most countries seek to preserve their international credit rating, as long-term loans are required to finance economic development.
· Loans have more recently been extended to finance education and other socially oriented projects.· Instead, they are paying down debt, saving for retirement and financing college educations and health care.· The World Bank also approved in May 1989 a dollars 95,000,000 loan to help finance a dollars 183,000,000 education and training scheme.· State financing of all education for all citizens, from preschool through postdoctoral training?· Second, there are several unique factors that argue for public financing of education.· In 1990, the federal Bureau of Health Professions financed geriatric education centers in 31 states.· They were willing to pay taxes to help finance that education, but they did not want to pay the entire cost.
· He explained that the structure evolved because the group needed equity to finance growth.· These companies have very high demands for equity capital to finance their growth and generally pay no dividends or very low dividends.· The private equity financing niche that has been growing the fastest is buyout and acquisition funds.· Obtaining equity financing, by contrast, could be accomplished through more traditional managerial approaches.
· The mutual structure of building societies means that capital resources to finance expansion can only be built up out of retained surpluses.· It will use the capital to finance and accelerate its expansion, the company said.· In order to finance expansion on this scale, the government has relied heavily on payments and other inputs from the community.· The city will assume responsibility for convention center permit issues when bonds are issued to finance expansion of the facility.· Optimism that the sale will help Wharf finance that expansion drove its shares higher today.
· The issue of currency may be regarded as helping the government to finance its expenditure.· The definition of capital expenditure and operating expenditure is relevant for deciding how to finance.
· With his surge to serious status has come a surge of reporters' interest in his family finances.· The department of health will also enter into partnerships with families to finance direct costs.
· Between 1941 and 1947, Rank's companies were to be responsible for financing half the films made in Britain.· After investigating Rizvi's affairs, police claimed they had uncovered evidence that underworld money had financed his mercurial film career.
· Despite this, externally borrowed funds are used to supplement domestic funds made available to finance their development by the government.· But there's no bigger drain on public funds than financing the dole.· Mr Somkiat also questioned the availability of funds to finance the 30-baht health scheme.
· Table 16-3 reminds us that some government expenditure is financed by borrowing.· The issue of currency may be regarded as helping the government to finance its expenditure.· These were tax exempt bonds issued by state and local governments to provide financing for private sector investment in plants and equipment.· The federal government finances the popular Head Start program nationwide for poor 3-and 4-year-olds.· Table 16-4 shows that most government spending is financed through taxation.
· He explained that the structure evolved because the group needed equity to finance growth.· These companies have very high demands for equity capital to finance their growth and generally pay no dividends or very low dividends.· Profits reinvested in the corporation are available to finance future growth of the corporation or to pay future dividends.· As we saw in Chapter 7, a growing firm must plan carefully to finance its growth.· Discovery is financing its rapid growth through private financing from the company and its investors.· Reinvested earnings are a very important source of financing this growth.· Reinvested earnings finance the future growth of 1 he company.· Failing a loan, Cutler can finance growth by giving up his salary and reinvesting more earnings in the company.
· From the fruits of this investment can stem finance for health and the social services.· Instead, they are paying down debt, saving for retirement and financing college educations and health care.· C., a proposal in Congress would end federal financing for health and welfare services for legal immigrants.· Finally, Proposition 186 would change not only the financing of health care but also what the money buys.· Medicaid finances health care for poor families, many of the disabled and many elderly nursing home patients.
· At the same time the Finance Ministry had started to sell its holdings of foreign securities in order to finance imports.· This concept is based on the fact that for both civil and military imports there is only one source of financing exports.· Indeed, if monetary relaxation succeeds in stabilising output, it should unlock sharp productivity gains which could finance higher import costs.· Offered rates of negotiable, bankbacked business credit instruments typically financing an import order.· Nobody could finance increased imports of these commodities to provide competition for these producers on the domestic market.
· This would discriminate against the growth of small, new firms, which may rely on bank loans to finance their investment.· These were tax exempt bonds issued by state and local governments to provide financing for private sector investment in plants and equipment.· To finance any investment plans decided on by his board, he kept a pretty stable relationship with the firm's banks.· Merrill could afford to wait because its brokers provided the profits necessary to finance the increase in investment banking.· By the mid-1970s stipulated military needs could only be financed by cutting investment in the productive base as a whole.
· This would discriminate against the growth of small, new firms, which may rely on bank loans to finance their investment.· The loans are to finance fertilizer, pesticides and new engines.· Assume also that a specific loan was raised to finance the building cost.· Failing a loan, Cutler can finance growth by giving up his salary and reinvesting more earnings in the company.· The World Bank also approved in May 1989 a dollars 95,000,000 loan to help finance a dollars 183,000,000 education and training scheme.· Even the most wealthy moguls and healthy corporations will take out loans or mortgages to finance homes and equipment.· Most countries seek to preserve their international credit rating, as long-term loans are required to finance economic development.
· The company said it paid with about $ 25 million in cash and $ 159 million in mortgage financing.· Water Co. will invest another $ 16 million, and private financing will provide the rest.· They also count on $ 10 million in tax increment financing via the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency.· Florida saves $ 180 million a year by financing home care and community care to keep people out of nursing homes.· They will get more than $ 2 million each Wednesday to finance research that had been slowed by the harsh funding environment.
· On Tuesday, Brown said he would begin looking for the money to finance the costly project.· Miscellaneous: Morgan Hill requires developers to put up money to finance some homes at below-market rates.· Drug money has financed ministers and members of parliament and co-opted thousands of policemen and border guards.· We are moving to a system in which patients are accompanied by the money to finance their treatment.· There was plenty of money around to finance such choices.· After investigating Rizvi's affairs, police claimed they had uncovered evidence that underworld money had financed his mercurial film career.
· Small firms are consequently forced to rely much more on trade credit to finance their operations.· For example, many nursing home administrators directly manage personnel, finance, operations, and admissions.· BStill, to this day, it is unclear how Moon finances his costly operations.· He said in a 1994 interview that as prime minister he rejected a military plan to sell heroin to finance covert operations.· In addition Charlie needs to raise enough money to finance an operation to restore the girl's sight.
· S.-financed program helped opposition politician Rafael Angel Calderon Fournier win the presidency in 1990.· Table 8-15 describes the federally financed food assistance programs, including their purpose and objectives.
· They would certainly have had no chance of financing their programme without large increases both in taxation and in the borrowing requirement.· It is blindingly obvious that there is not enough money in its coffers to finance the public spending programme.· Perhaps he had in mind profits collapsing or the inability of the industry to finance its capital programme.
· Each volunteer pays an expedition contribution which, taken together, finances the project.· On Tuesday, Brown said he would begin looking for the money to finance the costly project.· The group expresses support for the introduction of a levy on electricity consumers to finance renewable-energy projects.· Malone said a different chain, which he declined to identify, is pursuing financing for such a project.· What really concerned me was how to finance a tunnel project of any kind.· The haggling among scientists continued, and seeing the project in disarray, Congress eventually cut off financing for the Mohole Project.· Savings can help finance other Community projects.· A developer could use historic preservation credits to finance a project there, he said.
· The other was equally mundane: how the airlines could finance the purchase of such an expensive plane.· Olympic said it will use the additional line of credit to finance the daily purchase of auto receivables prior to securitization.· But one analyst said it made sense for Murdoch to bring in Malone to help finance the Dodger purchase.· Are you as a shareholder in a position to finance the purchase?· Dance Center are presenting a Mardi Gras benefit tonight to finance a the purchase of a new venue.· Consider using different ways of financing a purchase.· However, it seems that some additional finance will have to be raised to finance the proposed purchase of property.
· A local council can spend more than its total guideline if it finances more from sales than the government assumes.· Because the golf schools are held on courses financed by the sale of condominiums.· Dealer financing rate for overnight sale and repurchase of Treasury securities.
· Different financial incentives change the nature of the educational experience and are not merely alternative ways of financing the same service.· But they also have to pay to finance services in the unincorporated areas.· They suggested that instead of closure, half of the site of two hospitals might be closed to finance local services.
· Beveridge wanted a system based on insurance, with the public making insurance contributions to finance benefits like the state pension.· Open-enrollment charter schools draw students from across school district boundaries and are financed with state and local school dollars.· The alternative would be for the government to finance the state provision of broadcasting through general taxation.
· National Insurance is both a tax to finance current social-security spending and an entitlement to future benefit.· Using the payroll tax to finance benefits for the elderly creates what economists know as the tax wedge.· About the middle of March came the Budget with proposals to raise the taxes needed to finance this spending.· It is reasoned that those who benefit most from government-supplied goods or services should pay the taxes necessary for their financing.· We have before us a proposal for a council tax to finance local government.· They also count on $ 10 million in tax increment financing via the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency.· It would be absurd and self-defeating to ask poor families to pay the taxes needed to finance their welfare payments!· One possible means could entail offering tax or financing incentives to small high-technology businesses.
· They are used to finance trade in the short term.· Barneys said the two parties could not reach agreement on financing, royalties and trade name issues.· As their name implies, merchant banks' function is to finance trade.· The three main sources of short-term financing are trade credit, short-term commercial bank loans, and commercial paper.· Cash to finance trade credit. 3.· At some point the United States will lose its ability to finance its trade deficit.· The hopes of Nigel Lawson, Chancellor of the Exchequer, for financing the trade deficit are partly pinned on this ability.
· Nowhere near big enough for him to finance the war on his own, especially as he gives such a lot to charity.· He suggested that the king should finance the war out of his own resources, and he hinted at corruption at court.
WORD FAMILYnounfinancefinancingadjectivefinancialverbfinanceadverbfinancially
to provide money, especially a lot of money, to pay for something SYN fund: The concerts are financed by the Arts Council.—financing noun [uncountable]: The financing for the deal has been approved in principle.