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Finance Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Finance? [n] the commercial activity of providing funds and capital [n] the management of money and credit and banking and investments [n] the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets [v] obtain or provide money for; "Can we finance the addition to our home?" [v] sell or provide on credit Synonyms \| Synonyms for Finance: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Finance: accounting \| acknowledge \| afford support \| aid \| angel \| assets \| assist \| back \| bank \| banking \| bankroll \| bear \| bear out \| bear the expense \| bear up \| bolster \| bolster up \| business \| buttress \| capital \| capitalize \| cash \| chip in \| commerce \| crutch \| defray \| defray expenses \| economics \| finances \| foot the bill \| fund \| funds \| give support \| go Dutch \| grubstake \| help \| hold up \| holdings \| honor a bill \| invest in \| investment \| keep \| lend support \| maintain \| money \| patronize \| pay for \| pay the bill \| pay the bills \| pay the piper \| pension \| pension off \| promote \| prop \| prop up \| provide for \| redeem \| refinance \| reinforce \| resources \| set up \| shore \| shore up \| sponsor \| stake \| stand the costs \| subsidize \| subvene \| subvention \| subventionize \| support \| sustain \| undergird \| underwrite \| upbear \| uphold \| upkeep \| wealth \| wherewithal See Also \| back \| banking \| business \| business enterprise \| commercial enterprise \| corporate finance \| credit \| direction \| economic science \| economics \| financing \| floatation \| flotation \| fund \| funding \| high finance \| investing \| investment \| management \| pay \| political economy \| refinance \| seed Finance In Webster's Dictionary \Finance"\, n. [F., fr. LL. financia payment of money, money, fr. finare to pay a fine or subsidy (cf. OF. finer to finish, pay), fr. L. finis end. See {Fine}, n., {Finish}.] 1. The income of a ruler or of a state; revennue; public money; sometimes, the income of an individual; often used in the plural for funds; available money; resources. All the finances or revenues of the imperial crown. --Bacon. 2. The science of raising and expending the public revenue. ``Versed in the details of finance.'' --Macaulay. \Finance"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Financed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Financing}.] To conduct the finances of; to provide for, and manage, the capital for; to financier. Securing foreign capital to finance multitudinous undertakings. --B. H. Chamberlain.

Finance Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Finance?

[n] the commercial activity of providing funds and capital
[n] the management of money and credit and banking and investments
[n] the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets
[v] obtain or provide money for; "Can we finance the addition to our home?"
[v] sell or provide on credit

Synonyms | Synonyms for Finance:

Finance In Webster's Dictionary

\Fi*nance"\, n. [F., fr. LL. financia payment of money,
money, fr. finare to pay a fine or subsidy (cf. OF. finer to
finish, pay), fr. L. finis end. See {Fine}, n., {Finish}.]
1. The income of a ruler or of a state; revennue; public
   money; sometimes, the income of an individual; often used
   in the plural for funds; available money; resources.

         All the finances or revenues of the imperial crown.
                                               --Bacon.

2. The science of raising and expending the public revenue.
   ``Versed in the details of finance.'' --Macaulay.


\Fi*nance"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Financed}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Financing}.]
To conduct the finances of; to provide for, and manage, the
capital for; to financier.

      Securing foreign capital to finance multitudinous
      undertakings.                            --B. H.
                                               Chamberlain.

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