finance

Reikšmė (anglų kalba)

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.

Brūkšnelis kaip

fi‧nance

Tariama kaip (IPA)

/ˈfaɪnæns/

Etimologija (anglų kalba)

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.