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cofinance

verb

co·​fi·​nance ˌkō-fə-ˈnan(t)s -ˈfī-ˌnan(t)s, -fī-ˈnan(t)s variants or co-finance cofinanced or co-financed; cofinancing or co-financing Synonyms of cofinance

transitive verb

: to join one or more others in providing money or funds for (something) : to finance (something) jointly Local businesses are cofinancing the festival. Last month, the studio announced that two Chinese media companies … had agreed to co-finance the studio's movies for the next three years.—Diane Haithman

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First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler The first known use of cofinance was in 1928 See more words from the same year

Rhymes for cofinance

• circumstance
• exceedance
• happenstance
• refinance
• advance
• askance
• enhance
• expanse
• finance
• freelance
• mischance
• perchance

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