finance
Plural: finances
Noun
- the commercial activity of providing funds and capital
- the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets
- the management of money and credit and banking and investments
- The management of money and other assets.
- The science of management of money and other assets.
- Monetary resources, especially those of a public entity or a company.
- 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.
Verb
Verb Forms: financed, financing, finances
- To provide or obtain funding for a person or enterprise.
- obtain or provide money for
- "Can we finance the addition to our home?"
- sell or provide on credit
- To conduct, or procure money for, financial operations; manage finances.
- To pay ransom.
- To manage financially; be financier for; provide or obtain funding for a transaction or undertaking.
- To extort ransom from.
Examples
- Finance on all our new cars is provided by ABC Loans Ltd.
- He financed his home purchase through a local credit union.
- His bold play would finance a high-scoring follow-up word.
- His parents financed his college education.
- Who's really in charge of a democracy's finances?
Origin / 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.
Original English sense that appeared c. 1400 was “ending”. The sense of “ending or satisfying a debt” originated from French influence: in the sense of “ransom” appeared in the mid 15th century, in the sense of “taxation” appeared in the late 15th century. In the sense of “manage money” first recorded c. 1770.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 12
finance: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordfinance: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
finance: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary