- the system of money, credit, etc, esp with respect to government revenues and expenditures
- funds or the provision of funds
- (plural) funds; financial condition
- (transitive) to provide or obtain funds, capital, or credit for
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fi•nance /fɪˈnæns, ˈfaɪnæns/USA pronunciation
n., v., -nanced, -nanc•ing.
n.
v. [~ + object]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026n.
- [uncountable] the management of money, as in banking and investment.
- Business finances, [plural] the monetary resources, such as of a company, individual, or government:Our finances are in good shape.
v. [~ + object]
- to supply with money or capital;
obtain money or credit for;
fund:How will we finance these expenses?
fi•nance
(fi nans′, fī′nans),USA pronunciation n., v., -nanced, -nanc•ing.
n.
v.t.
v.i.
fi•nance′a•ble adj.
n.
- the management of revenues;
the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, esp. those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment. - Business finances, the monetary resources, as of a government, company, organization, or individual;
revenue.
v.t.
- to supply with money or capital;
obtain money or credit for.
v.i.
- to raise money or capital needed for financial operations.
- Anglo-French, Middle French finance, equivalent. to fin(er) to end, settle, pay (see fine2) + -ance -ance
- Middle English finaunce 1350–1400
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finance /fɪˈnæns; ˈfaɪnæns/ n
'finance' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
accountant
- adventurism
- bankroll
- censor
- Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Civil War
- corporate
- cut
- Danegeld
- draw
- Ecofin
- economic
- eurocurrency
- executive director
- export
- fin.
- finance company
- financial
- financing gap
- fly-by-night
- Fouquet
- Giscard d'Estaing
- grant
- Group of Seven
- Guernsey
- habilitate
- high
- IFC
- Jersey
- leverage
- leveraged buyout
- merchant bank
- Necker
- overfunding
- PFI
- Private Finance Initiative
- producer
- promoter
- purse strings
- seed capital
- seed corn
- settlement
- ship money
- Swinney
- tertiary
- Treasurer
- Treasury
- unbundling
- undistributed
- acceptor