financed

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And unlike other city services, which are financed by the city’s general fund, streetlighting is considered a special benefit, which means that only property owners who benefit from streetlights pay taxes for them.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

Up until 2022, this was mainly financed by a television licence fee, but it now comes from VAT receipts.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

But this triggered an outcry and authorities were persuaded to approve a privately financed rescue plan proposed by two wealthy entrepreneurs.

From Barron's • May 2, 2026

The Purdue fund is more than eight times as big as the combined victims’ funds financed by the two other big bankrupt opioid makers, Endo and Mallinckrodt.

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026

The Mellon family had financed a hospital called Hospital Albert Schweitzer, named for the famous German theologian and physician who had worked as a doctor in West Africa.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French