refinance

verb

Definition of refinancenext
as in to finance

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Recent Examples of refinance The funds would be used partly to refinance existing debt, with the equity component directed towards buying out some limited partners. — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 15 July 2026 Last year, rates were just 17 basis points higher, so there is not a lot of incentive for most borrowers to refinance. — Diana Olick, CNBC, 15 July 2026 In that zone, markets don’t wait for the last dollar of capacity to be used up before demanding higher interest rates—or refusing to refinance government debt at all. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 21 June 2026 Proceeds from the sale will refinance outstanding debt, among other uses, the person said. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 15 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for refinance
Recent Examples of Synonyms for refinance
  1. finance
  2. aid
  3. fund
  4. underwrite
  5. sponsor
  6. capitalize
  7. back
  8. endorse
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  • So what Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has done is lean unusually hard on the cheaper rate today to finance a roughly $2 trillion annual deficit.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Leeland Properties closed on a loan to finance construction in July.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of finance
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  • The man was charged Monday with aiding an enemy state and violating the Military Base and Installations Protection Act.
    — Yoonjung Seo, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Thousands of law enforcement agencies in 49 states can search and share Flock’s data across jurisdictions to aid their investigations.
    — Sarah Rankin, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of aid
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  • Investigators analyzed data from more than 1,700 participants in a long-running study funded by the National Institutes of Health.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Since then, the company where folks fund projects by creatives has bounced back in a big way.
    — Jay Stahl, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of fund
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  • The businesses that teach the market how to underwrite them will be the ones the machines cite when the market asks how.
    — Camden Kaminsky, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • By using institutional credit, insurance funds and private capital to underwrite GPUs and data centers, Nvidia is helping its end users secure financing without tapping their own balance sheets.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of underwrite
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  • But the Northeast is also seeing growth, as locals sponsor affordable housing developments and try to expand access to healthy food.
    — Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026
  • In text messages at the time, Andy Duong told his father that then-Deputy Mayor Kimberly Mayfield had asked if California Waste Solutions could sponsor a bus for Thao and her staff at the upcoming Black Joy Parade in Oakland.
    — Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 31 July 2026
Definition of sponsor
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  • Bad actors are capitalizing, evidenced by a growing number of infiltrations at an alarming degree of speed, scale, and efficiency.
    — Will Townsend, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • These livestreams offer customers the chance to buy small trinkets hidden behind plastic boxes, capitalizing off the element of mystery and surprise.
    — Sarah Glodek, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of capitalize
Verb
  • The numbers backing him have been negligible — and fairly costly.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • If Chinese production pushes hardware prices into a freefall, the collateral backing hundreds of billions in private loans could erode far faster than the terms of the debt itself, leaving investors exposed to losses, according to Emons.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of back
Verb
  • But his wife, Gwen Walz, has endorsed Craig and campaigned with her on Sunday.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Rather than endorsing any single asset class, the rule establishes principles that apply across a broad range of alternative investments.
    — Artem Milinchuk, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of endorse

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