finance

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. The management of money and other assets.
2. The science of management of money and other assets.
3. Monetary resources, especially those of a public entity or a company.
4. The provision of a loan, payment instalment terms, or similar arrangement, to enable a customer to purchase an item without paying the full amount straight away.

Verb

1. To conduct, or procure money for, financial operations; manage finances.
2. (obsolete) To pay ransom.
3. To manage financially; be financier for; provide or obtain funding for a transaction or undertaking.
4. (obsolete) To extort ransom from.

Concepts

finance

financer

finances

finance internationale

addition

comptabilité

compte

affaires

sciences économiques

économie

soutenir

adaptation

prêter

souplesse

commanditer

payer

financier

financent

financez

finançons

financement

finançant

Coupé comme

fi‧nance

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈfaɪnæns/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English finaunce, from Anglo-Norman, Middle French finance, from finer (“to pay ransom”) (whence also English fine (“to pay a penalty”)), from fin (“end”), from Latin fīnis.
Original English sense c. 1400 was “ending”. Sense of “ending/satisfying a debt” came from French influence: in sense of “ransom” mid 15th century, in sense of “taxation” late 15th century. In sense of “manage money” first recorded 1770.