self-financing

adjective

1. (of a student, business, etc) financing oneself or itself without external grants or aid

Example Sentences

Last month Transport Secretary Fiona Hyslop said there had been an increase in passenger levels of about 6.8% during the pilot but it would need to be 10% in order for the policy to be self-financing.

From BBC

But it's suggested he has to be self-financing if he wants to fulfil the requirements to keep up the maintenance of the 19th Century listed building.

From BBC

"They are entirely self-financing and have much greater autonomy in how they're run than we do," he told BBC News NI.

From BBC

Transport Secretary Fiona Hyslop said there had been an increase in passenger levels of about 6.8% during the pilot but it would need to be 10% in order for the policy to be self-financing.

From BBC

“This practice first developed because there was no financial market out there, and if you wanted to borrow some money, you had to do some self-financing.”

From New York Times