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sɪŋnoun
1.
the act of obtaining or furnishing money or capital for a purchase or enterprise.
2.
the funds so obtained.
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Financing
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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.
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
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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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
EXPANDexacted 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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