as in resources
available money
will have to take a look at our finances to see if we can afford it
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as in funds
to provide money for
a local business kindly financed the high school band's trip to New York City
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as in endows
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 finances
Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 31 Mar. 2026
The European Investment Bank, which finances projects that advance the EU’s policy goals, has already led a $172 million loan, part of the broader $575 million financing package for Keliber, the first time the EIB has backed the mining of critical raw material in the EU.
—Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 30 Mar. 2026
City council members could be asked as soon as April to vote on buying two ATN properties with funds from the Anaheim Tourism Improvement District, which finances marketing and transit improvements around the resort area and Platinum Triangle with a 2% assessment fee collected on hotel stays.
—Victoria Le, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2026
After becoming governor the second time in 2011, Jerry Brown proposed a major overhaul of how California finances public education.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2026
The group will use the Chicago Prize to bolster the coalition’s existing revolving loan fund that finances new home construction.
—Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
India’s Russian oil imports are more than 1 million barrels per day, so that hits Russia’s economy and takes away part of the means by which Russian President Vladimir Putin finances the war in Ukraine.
—Rob Crilly, The Washington Examiner, 6 Feb. 2026
Gisela Sánchez Maroto In 2023, Gisela Sánchez Maroto became the first woman to lead the Central American Bank for Economic Integration, an $18 billion (assets) multilateral development bank that finances infrastructure, energy, health and education projects across Central America and the Caribbean.
—Maggie McGrath, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
In 2017, his regime established the Presidential Grants Fund, the central mechanism through which the state finances NGOs inside Russia.
—Tetiana Kotelnykova, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
Money from these programs finances a dozen or so drinking water projects each year.
—Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 31 Mar. 2026
The European Investment Bank, which finances projects that advance the EU’s policy goals, has already led a $172 million loan, part of the broader $575 million financing package for Keliber, the first time the EIB has backed the mining of critical raw material in the EU.
—Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 30 Mar. 2026
City council members could be asked as soon as April to vote on buying two ATN properties with funds from the Anaheim Tourism Improvement District, which finances marketing and transit improvements around the resort area and Platinum Triangle with a 2% assessment fee collected on hotel stays.
—Victoria Le, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2026
After becoming governor the second time in 2011, Jerry Brown proposed a major overhaul of how California finances public education.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2026
The group will use the Chicago Prize to bolster the coalition’s existing revolving loan fund that finances new home construction.
—Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
India’s Russian oil imports are more than 1 million barrels per day, so that hits Russia’s economy and takes away part of the means by which Russian President Vladimir Putin finances the war in Ukraine.
—Rob Crilly, The Washington Examiner, 6 Feb. 2026
Gisela Sánchez Maroto In 2023, Gisela Sánchez Maroto became the first woman to lead the Central American Bank for Economic Integration, an $18 billion (assets) multilateral development bank that finances infrastructure, energy, health and education projects across Central America and the Caribbean.
—Maggie McGrath, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
In 2017, his regime established the Presidential Grants Fund, the central mechanism through which the state finances NGOs inside Russia.
—Tetiana Kotelnykova, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for finances
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The federal government funds the program, but individual states run it.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
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The Senate approved a plan in the early hours of Friday morning that funds DHS but not immigration enforcement and deportation operations.—
Corky Siemaszko,
NBC news,
27 Mar. 2026
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India already subsidizes fertilizer to ease the financial strain on farmers, but those subsidies leave less money for long-term farming investments.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2026
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The government no longer subsidizes the medication.—
Cindy Krischer Goodman,
Sun Sentinel,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Finances.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finances. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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