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capital, money, back, capitalize, fund, stake, subsidize, banking, bankroll, business, economics, endow

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fi⋅nance

[fi-nans, fahy-nans]

noun, verb, -nanced, -nanc⋅ing.

–noun

1.	the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, esp. those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.

2.	finances, the monetary resources, as of a government, company, organization, or individual; revenue.

–verb (used with object)

3.	to supply with money or capital; obtain money or credit for.

–verb (used without object)

4.	to raise money or capital needed for financial operations.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME finaunce < AF, MF finance, equiv. to fin(er) to end, settle, pay (see fine ² ) + -ance -ance

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Language Translation for : Finance

Spanish:

finanzas,

German:

das Finanzwesen,

Japanese:

財政

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fi·nance (fə-nāns', fī-, fī'nāns') Pronunciation Key
n.

The science of the management of money and other assets.
The management of money, banking, investments, and credit.
finances Monetary resources; funds, especially those of a government or corporate body.
The supplying of funds or capital.

tr.v. fi·nanced, fi·nanc·ing, fi·nanc·es

To provide or raise the funds or capital for: financed a new car.
To supply funds to: financing a daughter through law school.
To furnish credit to.

[Middle English finaunce, settlement, money supply, from Old French finance, payment, from finer, to pay ransom, from fin, end, from Latin fīnis.]
fi·nance'a·ble adj.

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finance

c.1400, "an end," from M.Fr. finance "ending, settlement of a debt," from M.L. finis "a payment in settlement, fine or tax," from L. finis "end." The notion is of "ending" (by satisfying) something that is due (cf. Gk. telos "end;" pl. tele "services due, dues exacted by the state, financial means." See also fine (n.)). The Fr. senses were gradually brought into Eng.: "ransom" (1439), "taxation" (1489); the sense of "manage money" first recorded in Eng. 1770. Finances "pecuniary resources" is from 1781. Financier is from 1618, originally of Fr. tax farmers; sense of "capitalist" is first recorded 1867.

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finance
noun
1.	the commercial activity of providing funds and capital
2.	the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets
3.	the management of money and credit and banking and investments
verb
1.	obtain or provide money for; "Can we finance the addition to our home?"
2.	sell or provide on credit

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Finance

The science that describes the management of money, banking, credit, investments, and assets.

Investopedia Commentary

Basically, finance looks at anything that has to do with money and the market.

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See also: Assets, Bank, Money

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Main Entry: fi·nance
Function: noun
1 plural : money or other liquid resources of a government, business, group, or individual
2 : the system that includes the circulation of money, the granting of credit, the making of investments, and the provision of banking facilities
3 : the science or study of the management of funds
4 : the obtaining of funds or capital : FINANCING

Main Entry: finance
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: fi·nanced; fi·nanc·ing
1 a : to raise or provide funds or capital for <finance a takeover> b : to furnish with necessary funds
2 : to sell something to on credit

Finance

Fi*nance"\, n. [F., fr. LL. financia payment of money, money, fr. finare to pay a fine or subsidy (cf. OF. finer to finish, pay), fr. L. finis end. See Fine, n., Finish.]

1. The income of a ruler or of a state; revennue; public money; sometimes, the income of an individual; often used in the plural for funds; available money; resources.

All the finances or revenues of the imperial crown. --Bacon.

2. The science of raising and expending the public revenue. "Versed in the details of finance." --Macaulay.

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.