finance

[fi-nans, fahy-nans]

noun

1. the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.

2. finances, the monetary resources, as of a government, company, organization, or individual; revenue.

verb (used with object)

financed, financing 

1. to supply with money or capital; obtain money or credit for.

verb (used without object)

financed, financing 

1. to raise money or capital needed for financial operations.

finance

/ fɪˈnæns, ˈfaɪnæns /

noun

1. the system of money, credit, etc, esp with respect to government revenues and expenditures

2. funds or the provision of funds

3. (plural) funds; financial condition

verb

1. (tr) to provide or obtain funds, capital, or credit for

2. (intr) to manage or secure financial resources

Other Word Forms

• financeable adjective
• prefinance verb (used with object)
• self-finance verb (used with object)
• superfinance noun
• underfinance verb (used with object)
• unfinanced adjective
• well-financed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of finance¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English finaunce, from Anglo-French, Middle French finance, from fin(er) “to end, settle, pay” ( fine ² ) + -ance -ance

Word History and Origins

Origin of finance¹

C14: from Old French, from finer to end, settle by payment

Example Sentences

Much of this has financed ballot campaigns and political lobbying to promote its own interests and the progressive agenda more broadly.

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In multiple rounds of blacklisting, the Biden administration crippled the logistics, shipping and financing ecosystem around the natural-gas facility known as Arctic LNG 2, publicly aiming to leave it “dead in the water.”

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But they want to get their finances set in case one of them becomes incapacitated.

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In a July Wall Street Journal-NORC poll that examined Americans’ economic views, the most common respondent was someone comfortable with his or her own finances but gloomy about the economy’s future.

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Vals AI, a startup that evaluates AI models, ranks the latest version of Anthropic’s large language model Claude as top in a business-focused benchmark that brings together finance, legal and coding tasks.

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Related Words

• back 
• bankroll 
• fund 
• guarantee 
• promote 
• sponsor 
• subsidize 
• support 
• underwrite