单词 | self-financing |
释义 | self-financingn. The action or fact of something financing itself, or of a person financing himself or herself, without recourse to external funds; spec. the fact or practice of financing a project, development programme, etc., using its own revenue. In earliest use: †the action or process of managing or controlling one’s own financial affairs (obsolete). ΚΠ 1888 W. F. B. Laurie Sketches Distinguished Anglo-Indians 2nd Ser. 133 The game of self-financing for India would be as dangerous a one to play as that of ‘Home Rule’. 1918 Economist 10 Oct. 490/1 The war has revealed..a very considerable power of self-financing. 1964 Financial Times 12 Mar. 5/8 It is becoming harder to rely principally on self-financing in order to raise capital for expansion. 2011 Perspectives on Politics 9 852/2 The absence of strong party discipline, and the self-financing of many candidates, magnify the importance of money in American politics. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). self-financingadj. That finances himself, herself, or itself without recourse to external funds; spec. (of a project, development programme, etc.) that finances itself from its own revenue. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > solvency > [adjective] afloat1538 straight1613 solvable1647 solvent1653 solvendoa1684 clear1712 holding company1906 self-financing1913 1913 Financial Times 20 Nov. 9/2 (heading) Self-financing western farmers. 1943 Rev. Econ. Statistics 25 37/2 Investible funds are misallocated, because the self-financing corporation avoids the probing by the capital market. 1979 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 127 656/1 They discuss the Society's miscellaneous activities, such as..the establishment in 1851–2 of self-financing public lavatories. 1989 W. Weaver tr. U. Eco Foucault's Pendulum xxxix. 245 An SFA is a self-financing author, and Manutius is a vanity press. 2014 Guardian (Nexis) 15 July 31 No one expects the scheme to be wholly self-financing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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