finance

Meaning

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

fund

economy

finances

subsidize

sponsor

financing

support

invest

bankroll

account

economics

contribute

public finance

banking

money

accommodation

allow temporary credit

make an accommodation

financier

pay for

funding

back

accountant

bill

paymaster

reckoning

treasurer

business

lending

put money into

monetary matters

make an investment

put up money

commercial

indemnify

insure

underwrite

commit

income

stake

financial affairs

public economy

absorb

keep going

patronize

management of resources

capitalize

promote

compensate

pay

remunerate

treasury

expenditures

monetary circulation

financial means

funds

investment

budget

financial

ready money

Hyphenated as

fi‧nance

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfaɪnæns/

Etymology

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.