self-fund

From self- +‎ fund.

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.
   • 2021 November 17, Davie Carns, “Addressing the skills gap”, in RAIL, number 944, page 62:

     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.

   • 2022 March 23, Paul Clifton, “Network News: TfL in "managed decline" - network will be degrading...”, in RAIL, number 953, page 12:

     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.

• “self-fund”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.