FINANCED Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

financed

verb

past tense of finance

as in funded

to provide money for a local business kindly financed the high school band's trip to New York City

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defunded

as in endowed

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 financed The missile should be financed by European countries and be deployable on aircraft owned and operated by nonnuclear allies. — Ivo H. Daalder, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2026 At Cannes this year, 81% of the movies that world premiered in the official selection were financed by France. — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026 The Danish Dogma25 projects are financed in a collaboration between Zentropa, DR, and Nordisk Film Distribution, with the addition of Netflix in the Nordics, constituting the core financing necessary to realize all five projects. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026 Trukhan has financed her campaign with about $3,500 in loans from herself, according to the filings. — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026 The cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, for retirees and disabled beneficiaries is financed by payroll taxes collected from workers and their employers, up to a certain annual salary. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026 Eaton financed the acquisition with a bridge loan from ANB Bank. — Thomas Gounley, Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2026 The feature will be co-financed and co-produced by Blumhouse Atomic Monster and Paramount, with Paramount handling worldwide distribution. — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026

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The acquisition of 100 percent of ZO Skin Health will be made in an all-cash transaction and funded through cash reserves and bank financing.

— Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026
Prosecutors said each project was partially funded by $1 million each in county tax dollars.

— Tim Fang, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of funded

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That we, as human beings, have been endowed with the ability to channel that creativity fills me with a sense of awe and wonder.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2026
The show was considered an outlier in its generally sympathetic take on Hill and his conservative views, as well as in terms of the agency with which the show’s creators endowed its working- and middle-class characters.

— Jordana Rosenfeld, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 Aug. 2026

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Much of that sum—$250 million—comes from his contract with the Saudi Pro League’s Al Nassr, which is believed to be subsidized by commercial agreements orchestrated by the club.

— Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 6 Oct. 2026
The state’s leaders believed subsidized higher education would serve the greater good and seed economic growth.

— Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

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