finance

[fi-nans, fahy-nans]

noun

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.

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

verb (used with object), fi·nanced, fi·nanc·ing.

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

verb (used without object), fi·nanced, fi·nanc·ing.

to raise money or capital needed for financial operations.

Nearby words

Origin of finance

1350–1400; Middle English finaunce < Anglo-French, Middle French finance, equivalent to fin(er) to end, settle, pay (see fine²) + -ance -ance

Related forms

fi·nance·a·ble, adjectivepre·fi·nance, verb (used with object), pre·fi·nanced, pre·fi·nanc·ing.self-fi·nance, verb (used with object), self·-fi·nanced, self·-fi·nanc·ing.su·per·fi·nance, noun, verb, su·per·fi·nanced, su·per·fi·nanc·ing.

un·der·fi·nance, verb (used with object), un·der·fi·nanced, un·der·fi·nanc·ing.un·fi·nanced, adjectivewell-fi·nanced, adjective

Can be confusedaccounting bookkeeping finance

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for financed

It was financed by Pathé, a French company—which I think is very telling.
Ava DuVernay on ‘Selma,’ the Racist Sony Emails, and Making Golden Globes History|Marlow Stern|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They financed the Republican takeover of the New York State Senate.
Hunger Games Comes to New York State’s Public Schools|Zephyr Teachout|November 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Keystone project is not an American one, but a global one, financed and favored by major multinational oil interests.
The Pipeline From Hell: There’s No Good Reason to Build Keystone XL|Jack Holmes|November 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As if the former could exist without the latter; were not financed by it completely.
The Importance of Adult Classifieds|Hazlitt|September 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST

But we financed civil wars and counterinsurgencies in these countries to the tune of many billions of dollars.
From Texas to Gaza, Reaping What We Sow|Michael Tomasky|August 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Smith banks—has been compelled to bank by those who financed him.
The Exiles of Faloo|Barry Pain
The rights upon which the venture of 1608 was financed did not run beyond the year.
The Founder of New France: A Chronicle of Champlain|Charles W. Colby
The 40 Christian discovery and conquest of America was to be organized and financed on a voluntary basis.
An American Religious Movement|Winfred Ernest Douglas
He had financed her as a star, ransacking Europe for her stage properties, and then he fell in love with her.
The Breaking Point|Mary Roberts Rinehart
After she had won her desire, she contrived the escape of Clitophon from prison dressed in her clothes, and financed by her.
Essays on the Greek Romances|Elizabeth Hazelton Haight

British Dictionary definitions for financed

finance

noun

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

funds or the provision of funds

(plural) funds; financial condition

verb

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

(intr) to manage or secure financial resources

Word Origin for finance

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

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for financed

finance

late 15c., "to ransom;" see finance (n.). Sense of "to manage money" is recorded from 1827; that of "to furnish with money" is from 1866. Related: Financed; financing.

finance

c.1400, "an end, settlement, retribution," from Middle French finance "ending, settlement of a debt" (13c.), noun of action from finer "to end, settle a dispute or debt," from fin (see fine (n.)). Cf. Medieval Latin finis "a payment in settlement, fine or tax."

The notion is of "ending" (by satisfying) something that is due (cf. Greek telos "end;" plural tele "services due, dues exacted by the state, financial means"). The French senses gradually were brought into English: "ransom" (mid-15c.), "taxation" (late 15c.); the sense of "management of money" first recorded in English 1770.

finance

noun

verb (used with object), fi·nanced, fi·nanc·ing.

verb (used without object), fi·nanced, fi·nanc·ing.

RELATED CONTENT

RELATED WORDS

Nearby words

Origin of finance

Examples from the Web for financed

finance

noun

verb

Word Origin for finance

finance

finance