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[fi-nans, fahy-nans]

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noun

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.

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

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verb (used with object)

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

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verb (used without object)

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

Related forms

fi·nance·a·ble, adjective

pre·fi·nance, verb (used with object), -nanced, -nanc·ing.

self-fi·nance, verb (used with object), -nanced, -nanc·ing.

su·per·fi·nance, noun, verb, -nanced, -nanc·ing.

un·der·fi·nance, verb (used with object), -nanced, -nanc·ing.

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un·fi·nanced, adjective

well-fi·nanced, adjective

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Can be confused: accounting, bookkeeping, finance.

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Example Sentences

Information about finance and capital for small businesses.

The world now has a chance to make finance work better.

High taxes finance advanced social programs, from education to health and child care and paid paternal leave.

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Information about finance and capital for small businesses.

The world now has a chance to make finance work better.

High taxes finance advanced social programs, from education to health and child care and paid paternal leave.

Yeah, the finance industry is a mess, that's obvious.

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However, by his senior year, he realized that he wanted to study economics and finance rather than engineering.

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Finance ought to provide an economy with an efficient means of allocating capital.

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She got permission to finance continued digging through the foundation of the palace and out under the piazza in front.

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Bankers and finance directors have had to be particularly nimble.

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Also frightening was the suggestion that a career in law or finance should be more financially rewarding.

Be clear that the objective is to foster an entrepreneurial finance ecosystem, not to directly provide capital to entrepreneurs.

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Privatizing the housing finance system would increase the likelihood of government bailouts, not prevent them.

The finance course examines the ways that individuals and companies raise and spend money-both how they do and how they.

Packer and his colleagues believe a portion of the profits could finance both conservation of the animals and their habitat.

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The rising cost of college tuition has many parents wondering how they will finance their children's education.

Among elite white-collar fields, finance appears to be hardest for achieving a balance between work and family.

It's a weekly publication which reports on the environmental finance space.

Finance ought to provide an economy with an efficient.

Yet even if the markets agree to finance deficit spending, large-scale borrowing might not be wise.

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He wouldn't mind a low-interest loan to help finance the project but says the company will go it alone if it has to.

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The networks finance hundreds of pilot projects every year, and each one can cost millions to produce.

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The fixed costs include insurance, license registration, depreciation and finance charges.

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World English Dictionary

finance (fɪˈnæns, ˈfaɪnæns)

—n
1.	the system of money, credit, etc, esp with respect to government revenues and expenditures
2.	funds or the provision of funds
3.	(plural) funds; financial condition

—vb
4.	(tr) to provide or obtain funds, capital, or credit for
5.	(intr) to manage or secure financial resources

[C14: from Old French, from finer to end, settle by payment]

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Word Origin & History

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" (see finish). The notion is of "ending" (by satisfying) something that is due (cf. Gk. telos "end;" pl. tele "services due, dues

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exacted by the state, financial means." See also fine (n.)). The French senses gradually were brought into English: "ransom" (mid-15c.), "taxation" (late 15c.); the sense of "manage money" first recorded in English 1770. The verb, in the capital sense, is recorded from 1827. Related: Financed; financing.

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