How to Use self-finance in a Sentence

self-finance

verb
Definition of self-financenext
  • Talk to me about the decision to self-finance, produce and then license the special.
    — Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The campaign of Trone, the wealthy co-founder of the Total Wine & More retail chain, is almost entirely self-financed.
    — Jeff Barker, Baltimore Sun, 2 Mar. 2024
  • The terms are incredibly favorable for Swift, reports have said, who self-financed the project and will take more than half of box receipts.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Swift and her team self-financed the $15 million film, which has been playing in theaters from Thursday to Sunday for seven weekends.
    — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Nov. 2023
  • The filmmaker self-financed his own projects at Universal, and was known for his work with producer Jason Blum.
    — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Francis Ford Coppola self-financed a movie the industry’s bean-counters don’t want.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Bigger businesses could find ways around these ceilings, or simply self-finance their projects; smaller ones and entrepreneurs were stuck.
    — Matthew Heimer, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2023
  • They are independently managed and self-financed and were not included in the court filing.
    — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Begich self-financed his campaign from his personal wealth to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars, primarily through loans.
    — Iris Samuels, Anchorage Daily News, 20 July 2023
  • Its founder Will Dean, a former British counter-terrorism officer, was forced to self-finance the obstacle course after investors couldn’t wrap their heads around why anyone would pay to go through such torture.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune Europe, 24 Mar. 2024
  • The independent startup is being self-financed by its partners.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Segura wrote, self-financed and produced the pilot before selling it to Netflix, which is producing the full series later this year and releasing it in 2025.
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Coppola self-financed the $120 million experimental epic that has been ruminating in his mind for four decades.
    — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Parochial schools and individual parishes, which the archdiocese said are independently managed and self-financed, will not be affected.
    — Ruth Graham, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The company, which is independent and self-financed, has also committed $5 million to invest in other creators looking to build media companies, including Jarvis Johnson and Daniel Thrasher.
    — Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The alliance will self-finance original Spanish language content in partnership with broadcasters and platforms around the world and will leverage the combined expertise, market knowledge and relationships with top talent the two companies enjoy.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Additionally, Axiom will collaborate with sponsors or self-finance premiums to reduce healthcare costs for the beneficiary communities.
    — Miami Herald, 9 July 2024

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