'Finance' definitions:

Definition of 'finance'

From: WordNet
noun
The commercial activity of providing funds and capital
noun
The branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets
noun
The management of money and credit and banking and investments
verb
Obtain or provide money for; "Can we finance the addition to our home?"
verb
Sell or provide on credit

Definition of 'Finance'

From: GCIDE
  • Finance \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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Definition of 'Finance'

From: GCIDE
  • Finance \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; revenue; public money; sometimes, the income of an individual; often used in the plural for funds; available money; resources. [1913 Webster]
  • All the finances or revenues of the imperial crown. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The science of raising and expending the public revenue. "Versed in the details of finance." --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'finance'

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