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self-fund

self-fund verb: to provide the money (for something) oneself.

Verb

self-fund (third-person singular simple present self-funds, present participle self-funding, simple past and past participle self-funded)

  1. To provide the money (for something) oneself.
    • One of the main barriers to upskilling includes the need to take some time off the job, sometimes resulting in a loss of wages or a reliance on people self-funding their own training.2021 November 17, Davie Carns, “Addressing the skills gap”, in RAIL, number 944, page 62
    • As passenger numbers rise, the transport authority believes it can return to self-funding daily running costs during 2023, but it said government support for major capital expenditure is essential to prevent further decline.2022 March 23, Paul Clifton, “Network News: TfL in "managed decline" - network will be degrading...”, in RAIL, number 953, page 12

self-fund meaning in Tamil

self-fund in Tamil

தற்குவை, தன்நிதி, தன்பொருள்

Forms of self-fund

third-person singular presentself-funds
present participleself-funding
past participleself-funded
pastself-funded

Origin of self-fund

From self- + fund.

Questions about self-fund

What does self-fund mean?
Self-fund means to provide the money (for something) oneself.
What is self-fund in Tamil?
Self-fund in Tamil is தற்குவை, தன்நிதி, தன்பொருள். See Self-fund meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is self-fund?
Self-fund is a verb.
What is the past tense of self-fund?
The past tense of self-fund is self-funded.

Words near self-fund in the dictionary

  1. self-fulfilling
  2. self-fulfilling prophecies
  3. self-fulfilling prophecy
  4. self-fulfillment
  5. self-fulfillments
  6. self-fund
  7. self-funded
  8. self-funding
  9. self-funds
  10. self-generating
  11. self-giving

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Adapted from Wiktionary: self-fund (page history and authors); self-fund (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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