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Pronunciation

fi·nance

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Etymology

From Middle French finance, from Latin financius

Noun

Singular finance

Plural finances

finance (plural finances)

  1. The management of money and other assets.
  2. The science of management of money and other assets.
  3. 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

Verb

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)

  1. 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
  • Hebrew: מימן he(he)
  • Italian: finanziare it(it)
  • Japanese: 融資する (ゆうしする, yūshisuru), 資金を調達する (しきんをちょうたつする, shikin wo chōtatsusuru)
  • Korean: 융자하다 ko(ko) (yungjahada)
  • Polish: finansować pl(pl)
  • Portuguese: financiar pt(pt)
  • Russian: финансировать ru(ru) (finansirovat')
  • Spanish: financiar es(es)
  • Swedish: finansiera sv(sv)
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  • Belarusian: Фінансы (finans'i)
  • Dutch: financiën nl(nl) c.
  • Greek: χρηματοοικονομικά (chrimatooikonomika or hrimatoikonomika) f. (el)
  • Italian: finanziare f.
  • Latin: financius m.?
  • Thai: การเงิน

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See also

References

Czech

Noun

finance f. pl.

  1. finances

Related terms

French

Etymology

From Latin financius

Noun

finance f. (plural finances)

  1. finance

 

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