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finance
[ fi-nans, fahy-nans ]
noun
- 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.
- finances, the monetary resources, as of a government, company, organization, or individual; revenue.
verb (used with object)
- to supply with money or capital; obtain money or credit for.
verb (used without object)
- to raise money or capital needed for financial operations.
finance
/ fɪˈnæns; ˈfaɪnæns /
noun
- the system of money, credit, etc, esp with respect to government revenues and expenditures
- funds or the provision of funds
- plural funds; financial condition
verb
- tr to provide or obtain funds, capital, or credit for
- intr to manage or secure financial resources
Other Word Forms
- ھ·ԲԳa· adjective
- Э·ԲԳ verb (used with object) prefinanced prefinancing
- -ھ·ԲԳ verb (used with object) selffinanced selffinancing
- p·ھ·ԲԳ noun verb superfinanced superfinancing
- ܲd·ھ·ԲԳ verb (used with object) underfinanced underfinancing
- ܲЭ·ԲԳ adjective
- ɱ-ھ·ԲԳ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of finance1
Example Sentences
The Washington D.C.-based International Assn. of Fire Fighters, which oversees local firefighter unions across the country, is conducting a wide-ranging audit of UFLAC’s finances, including the use of union credit cards by officers.
His daughter Jessica Pinfield said in legal documents filed in January that her father’s stroke left him “incompetent” to make decisions about his health and finances.
Among the key elements of the new plan are reconfiguring academic units and professional services, securing more commercial finance and consolidating efficiencies.
He admitted the protesters had legitimate concerns about the finance bill but said: "We cannot have a country that also is led through anarchy and mayhem."
Two members of the focus group, a Latina who works in finance and a white man who is retired, offered these pointed responses:
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