Finances

[fi-nans, fahy-nans] Origin

fi·nance

[fi-nans, fahy-nans] noun, verb, fi·nanced, fi·nanc·ing.
noun
1.
the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially 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.

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a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
verb (used without object)
4.
to raise money or capital needed for financial operations.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English finaunce < Anglo-French, Middle French finance, equivalent to fin(er) to end, settle, pay (see fine2) + -ance -ance

fi·nance·a·ble, adjective
pre·fi·nance, verb (used with object), pre·fi·nanced, pre·fi·nanc·ing.
self-fi·nance, verb (used with object), self·-fi·nanced, self·-fi·nanc·ing.
su·per·fi·nance, noun, verb, su·per·fi·nanced, su·per·fi·nanc·ing.
un·der·fi·nance, verb (used with object), un·der·fi·nanced, un·der·fi·nanc·ing.
EXPAND
un·fi·nanced, adjective
well-fi·nanced, adjective
COLLAPSE

accounting, bookkeeping, finance.
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Word Origin & History

finances
"pecuniary resources," 1730, modeled on the French cognate, from pl. of finance.
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