finance

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfaɪnæns/, /faɪˈnæns/, /fɪˈnæns/
• Hyphenation: fi‧nance

Noun

finance (countable and uncountable, plural finances)

1. The management of money and other assets.
2. The science of management of money and other assets.
3. (usually in the plural) Monetary resources, especially those of a public entity or a company.
   • Who's really in charge of a democracy's finances?
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.
   • Finance on all our new cars is provided by ABC Loans Ltd.

Verb

finance (third-person singular simple present finances, present participle financing, simple past and past participle financed)

1. (intransitive) To conduct, or procure money for, financial operations; manage finances.
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To pay ransom.
3. (transitive) To manage financially; be financier for; provide or obtain funding for a transaction or undertaking.
   • Synonym: fund
   • His parents financed his college education.
   • He financed his home purchase through a local credit union.
4. (transitive, obsolete) To extort ransom from.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈfɪnant͡sɛ]

Noun

finance f pl (related adjective finanční)

1. finances

Adverb

finance

1. financially

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fi.nɑ̃s/

Noun

finance f (plural finances)

1. finance