self-fund
verb [with object]
Provide the money for (a project or course of action) oneself: he was a billionaire who could self-fund his campaign a significant number of people are required to self-fund their care [no object]: if the organization self-funded, it would spend its money more carefully (as adjective self-funded) an entirely self-funded expedition to the Amazon rainforest...
- The entrepreneur, whose net worth is estimated to be $4 billion, would be able to self-fund a possible presidential run.
- More employers are also moving to self-funded health plans rather than full insurance from a traditional insurer.
- We are self-funded which means we can take a long term approach to our business.
Derivatives
self-funder
- Jones, a self-funder, has been outspending his opponents and has held a lead in the few public polls of the GOP primary.
- The staff member said she assumed that "as a self-funder, Mrs Smith was able to arrange her own care, in hindsight this lady should have been visited".
- Individuals who have family or friends who are willing to pay the cost of the care homes also come under the category of self-funders.