finance
//fɪˈnæns//
Forms
- Plural
- finances
- present (v1)
- finance
- past (v2)
- financed
- past participle (v3)
- financed
- present participle
- financing
- 3rd person singular
- finances
Definitions
1.The management of money and other assets.
2.The science of management of money and other assets.
3.Monetary resources, especially those of a public entity or a company.
- Who's really in charge of a democracy's finances?
4.The provision of a loan, payment instalment terms, or similar arrangement, to enable a customer to purchase an item without paying the full amount straight away.
- Finance on all our new cars is provided by ABC Loans Ltd.
1.To manage financially; be financier for; provide or obtain funding for a transaction or undertaking.
- His parents financed his college education.
- He financed his home purchase through a local credit union.
- This is not a historical novel yet it is in a sense historical and contained within this book is a true story of how America was financed.
2.To conduct, or procure money for, financial operations; manage finances.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2864
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
From Middle English finaunce, from Anglo-Norman, Middle French finance, from finer (“to pay ransom”) (whence also English fine (“to pay a penalty”)), from fin (“end”), from Latin fīnis.