Finance Definition

fə-năns, fī-, fīnăns

financed, finances, financing

noun

The money resources, income, etc. of a nation, organization, or person.

Webster's New World

The managing or science of managing money matters, credit, etc.

Webster's New World

Monetary resources.

Could not make the purchase because of limited finances.

American Heritage

The supplying of funds or capital.

American Heritage

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verb

To supply money, credit, or capital to or for.

Webster's New World

To obtain money, credit, or capital for.

Webster's New World

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Other Word Forms of Finance

Singular:

finance

Plural:

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.

From Wiktionary
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.

From Wiktionary
Middle English finaunce settlement, money supply from Old French finance payment from finer to pay ransom from fin end from Latin fīnis

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition