self-finance

verb

self-fi·​nance ˌself-fə-ˈnan(t)s 

-ˈfī-ˌnan(t)s,

-fī-ˈnan(t)s

self-financed; self-financing; self-finances

1

transitive : to raise or provide funds or capital for (something) oneself : to finance (something) oneself

Sherzan self-financed much of his primary campaign, putting in more than $640,000 of his own money.

—Kathie Obradovich

2

intransitive : to furnish or provide oneself with necessary funds or capital

They lack the resources to self-finance until they have built a big enough operation.

—Patrick Kennedy

Examples of self-finance in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Michael Sheen is self-financing a new national theater in his native Wales. —Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2025

Swift and her team self-financed the $15 million film that went on to gross $180.8 million domestically and $80.9 million overseas for a total of $261.1 million. —Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Dec. 2024

The enterprise is being self-financed by the two brothers and their families without loans. —Gary Stern, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024

According to Collider, Trap’s $30 million production budget before prints and advertising was self-financed by Shyamalan, who also wrote the film. —Tim Lammers, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined at sense 1