Definitions for finance
fɪˈnæns, ˈfaɪ nænsfi·nance

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. finance(noun)

   the commercial activity of providing funds and capital

2. finance(noun)

   the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets

3. finance(verb)

   the management of money and credit and banking and investments

4. finance(verb)

   obtain or provide money for

   "Can we finance the addition to our home?"

5. finance(verb)

   sell or provide on credit

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. finance(Noun)

   The management of money and other assets.

2. finance(Noun)

   The science of management of money and other assets.

3. finance(Noun)

   the monetary resources, especially those of a public entity or a company.

   Who's really in charge of a democracy's finances?

4. finance(Verb)

   To provide or obtain funding for a transaction or undertaking; to back; to support.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Finance(noun)

   the income of a ruler or of a state; revennue; public money; sometimes, the income of an individual; often used in the plural for funds; available money; resources

2. Finance(noun)

   the science of raising and expending the public revenue

Origin: [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.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Finance

   fi-nans′, n. money affairs or revenue, esp. of a ruler or state: public money: the art of managing or administering the public money.—v.t. to manage financially, to furnish with sums of money.—adj. Finan′cial, pertaining to finance.—n. Finan′cialist, a financier.—adv. Finan′cially.—n. Financier′, one skilled in finance: an officer who administers the public revenue.—v.i. and v.t. to finance. [Fr.,—Low L. financia—Low L. fināre, to pay a fine—finis. See Fine (2).]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'finance' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1851

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'finance' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2979

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'finance' in Nouns Frequency: #750

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'finance' in Verbs Frequency: #525

How to pronounce finance?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of finance in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of finance in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of finance in a Sentence

1. Stephen Schwarzman:

   In finance that's a way to make friends.

2. De Boer:

   The elephant in the room is still finance.

3. Honoré de Balzac:

   Finance, like time, devours its own children.

4. Stephan Weil:

   The finance minister obviously just doesn't get it.

5. President Nicolas Maduro:

   We have received $5 billion more to finance development.

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