The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Finance \Fi*nance"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Financed; p. pr.
   & vb. n. Financing.]
   To conduct the finances of; to provide for, and manage, the
   capital for; to financier.

         Securing foreign capital to finance multitudinous
         undertakings.                            --B. H.
                                                  Chamberlain.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

financing
    n 1: the act of financing [syn: financing, funding]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

27 Moby Thesaurus words for "financing":
   backing, borrowing, capitalization, debt, debtor,
   deficit financing, financial backing, financial support, funding,
   grubstake, hire purchase, hitting, hitting-up, hocking,
   installment buying, installment plan, money-raising, mortgaging,
   patronization, pawning, pledging, provision of capital,
   sponsorship, stake, subsidy, support, touching