self-finance

English

Etymology

From self- +‎ finance.

Verb

self-finance (third-person singular simple present self-finances, present participle self-financing, simple past and past participle self-financed)

  1. To finance without outside help.
    • 2003 August 16, vjmorton, “Not-so-brave heart”, in Rightwing Film Geek[1]:
      If one of the most famous stars in the world gets this much grief trying to self-finance and self-distribute a Christ movie without the approval of Jewish pressure groups, what’s a mere studio owned by a conglomerate with 30 other boycottworthy irons in the fire to do?