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fi⋅nance

  [fi-nans, fahy-nans] noun, verb, -nanced, -nanc⋅ing.
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–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

Related forms:
fi⋅nance⋅a⋅ble, adjective
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Finances During Recession
Make the Right Financial Decisions and Investment During a Recession.
www.LifeScript.com
Managing Your Finances
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www.gnmagazine.org/finances/?s=2
fi·nance   (fə-nāns', fī-, fī'nāns')   
n.  

  1. The science of the management of money and other assets.

  2. The management of money, banking, investments, and credit.

  3. finances Monetary resources; funds, especially those of a government or corporate body.

  4. The supplying of funds or capital.

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

  1. To provide or raise the funds or capital for: financed a new car.

  2. To supply funds to: financing a daughter through law school.

  3. 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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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." 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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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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
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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