fi·nance
(fə-năns′, fī-, fī′năns′)n.
1. The management of money, banking, investments, and credit.
2. finances Monetary resources: could not make the purchase because of limited finances.
3. The supplying of funds or capital.
tr.v. fi·nanced, fi·nanc·ing, fi·nanc·es
1. To provide or raise the funds or capital for: financed a new car.
2. To supply funds to: financing a daughter through law school.
[Middle English finaunce, settlement, money supply, from Old French finance, payment, from finer, to pay ransom, from fin, end, from Latin fīnis.]
fi·nance′a·ble adj.
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finances
(ˈfaɪnænsɪz)pl n
(Banking & Finance) funds; financial condition
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Noun | 1. |  finances - assets in the form of money assets - anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company bank - the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games; "he tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo" bankroll, roll - a roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.); "he shot his roll on a bob-tailed nag" pocket - a supply of money; "they dipped into the taxpayers' pockets" Medicaid funds - public funds used to pay for Medicaid money supply - the total stock of money in the economy; currency held by the public plus money in accounts in banks escrow funds - funds held in escrow matching funds - funds that will be supplied in an amount matching the funds available from other sources |
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