Provided the funds for (8)

I believe the answer is:

financed

(Other definitions for financed that I've seen before include "Gave the necessaryfunds for" , "Payrolled" , "Provided the money for" , "Provided cash" , "Put up the money for" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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