Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to finance
Participle: financed
Gerund: financing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | finance |
| you | finance |
| he;she;it | finances |
| we | finance |
| you | finance |
| they | finance |
Perfect
| I | have financed |
| you | have financed |
| he;she;it | has financed |
| we | have financed |
| you | have financed |
| they | have financed |
Past
| I | financed |
| you | financed |
| he;she;it | financed |
| we | financed |
| you | financed |
| they | financed |
Pluperfect
| I | had financed |
| you | had financed |
| he;she;it | had financed |
| we | had financed |
| you | had financed |
| they | had financed |
Future
| I | will finance |
| you | will finance |
| he;she;it | will finance |
| we | will finance |
| you | will finance |
| they | will finance |
Future Perfect
| I | will have financed |
| you | will have financed |
| he;she;it | will have financed |
| we | will have financed |
| you | will have financed |
| they | will have financed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | finance |
| you | finance |
| he;she;it | finance |
| we | finance |
| you | finance |
| they | finance |
Perfect
| I | have financed |
| you | have financed |
| he;she;it | have financed |
| we | have financed |
| you | have financed |
| they | have financed |
Imperfect
| I | financed |
| you | financed |
| he;she;it | financed |
| we | financed |
| you | financed |
| they | financed |
Pluperfect
| I | had financed |
| you | had financed |
| he;she;it | had financed |
| we | had financed |
| you | had financed |
| they | had financed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would finance |
| you | would finance |
| he;she;it | would finance |
| we | would finance |
| you | would finance |
| they | would finance |
Perfect
| I | would have financed |
| you | would have financed |
| he;she;it | would have financed |
| we | would have financed |
| you | would have financed |
| they | would have financed |
Imperative
| you | finance |
| we | Let's finance |
| you | finance |
Verbs conjugated like 'finance'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'finance'
fiance,
cofinance,
finagle,
financier,
finangle,
inhance,
nance,
penance,
refinance,
advance,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English finaunce, from Anglo-Norman, Middle French finance, from finer (“to pay ransom”) (whence also English fine (“to pay a penalty”)), from fin (“end”), from Latin fīnis.
2. Original English sense that appeared c. 1400 was “ending”. The sense of “ending or satisfying a debt” originated from French influence: in the sense of “ransom” appeared in the mid 15th century, in the sense of “taxation” appeared in the late 15th century. In the sense of “manage money” first recorded c. 1770. See: English '
fine'.
Sample Sentences
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His parents financed his college education.
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He financed his home purchase through a local credit union.
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Therefore, when assets are examined together with other problems, such as one-sided contracts or delays in payment, the argument for financing construction projects is substantially weakened. [1995, A. D. F. Price, Financing International Projects, page 3:]
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2000, G. Colombo, Sanctions and remedies in cases of illegal financing of political parties, Trading in Influence and the Illegal Financing of Political Parties, Third European Conference of Specialised Services in the Fight against Corruption, page 64,
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Indeed, it is a crime to finance or make contributions in any form to political parties, their factions, parliamentary groups, i.e. members of the Italian parliament (if they are Italian) and the European parliament, regional, provincial and town councillors, candidates in such offices, party leaders: […] .
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This is not a historical novel yet it is in a sense historical and contained within this book is a true story of how America was financed. [2011, Thomas W. Dombroski, How America Was Financed, page xi:]