financing

1 of 2

noun

fi·​nanc·​ing fə-ˈnan(t)-siŋ 

ˈfī-ˌnan(t)-, 

fī-ˈnan(t)-

: the act or process or an instance of raising or providing funds

also : the funds thus raised or provided

financing

2 of 2

present participle of finance entry 2

Examples of financing in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The new commitment brings RedBird's total contribution to Skydance to $6 billion, the person said, asking to not be identified because the financing hasn't yet been made public. — Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026

SpaceX's $40 billion debt deal will likely use GPUs as collateral and Apollo Capital is said to be playing a leading role in facilitating the financing, the person said. — Seema Mody, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026

The financing is structured as a senior secured loan facility, allowing Wolfspeed to draw funds in stages rather than receive the entire amount upfront. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026

This figure includes the capital deployed by subsidiaries ADIC, Mubadala Capital and MGX, which was active in the multi-billion financing rounds of OpenAI, Anthropic and Databricks. — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Noun

from gerund of finance entry 1

First Known Use

Noun

1865, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for financing

• advancing
• enhancing
• entrancing
• romancing
• chancing
• dancing
• glancing
• lancing
• prancing
• refinancing

Legal Definition

financing

noun

fi·​nanc·​ing

: the act or process or an instance of raising or providing funds

also : the funds thus raised or provided