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fi·nance
- AHD: /fīnăns/
- IPA: /ˈfaɪ.næns/, /fəˈnæns/
FAI-nans
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- Rhymes: -æns
Etymology
From Middle French finance, from Latin financius
Noun
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Singular finance |
Plural finances |
finance (plural finances)
- The management of money and other assets.
- The science of management of money and other assets.
- In plural (finances), the monetary resources, especially those of a public entity or a company.
Usage notes
4th Century BCE - Aristotle - Politics, Book I, Part XI,
- "And statesmen as well ought to know these things; for a state is often as much in want of money and of such devices for obtaining it as a household, or even more so; hence some public men devote themselves entirely to finance."
Derived terms
- corporate finance
- personal finance
- public finance
Verb
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Infinitive to finance |
Third person singular finances |
Simple past financed |
Past participle financed |
Present participle financing |
to finance (third-person singular simple present finances, present participle financing, simple past and past participle financed)
- To 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.
Translations
to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking
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References
- “finance” in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
- “finance” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
- "finance" in WordNet 3.0, Princeton University, 2006.
- "finance" in the Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version), K Dictionaries limited, 2000-2006.
Czech
Noun
finance f. pl.
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French
Etymology
From Latin financius
Noun
finance f. (plural finances)
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