Dictionary

finance en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /faɪˈnæns/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /fɪˈnæns/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈfaɪnæns/

Etymology

From Middle English finaunce, fynaunce, 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 that appeared c. 1400 was “ending”. The sense of “ending or satisfying a debt” originated from French influence: in the sense of “ransom” appeared in the mid 15th century, in the sense of “taxation” appeared in the late 15th century. In the sense of “manage money” first recorded c. 1770.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The management of money and other assets.
   • Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend. 2013 June 1, “End of the peer show”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 71:
   • And statesmen as well ought to know these things; for a state is often as much in want of money and of such devices for obtaining it as a household, or even more so; hence some public men devote themselves entirely to finance. 4th century BCE, Aristotle, Politics, volume book I, part XI; republished as John Alexander Smith, William David Ross, transl., The works of Aristotle translated into English, volume 10, 1908:
2. (countable, uncountable) The science of management of money and other assets.
3. (countable, plural-normally, uncountable) Monetary resources, especially those of a public entity or a company.
   • Who's really in charge of a democracy's finances?
4. (countable, uncountable) 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.

Forms

Deriveds

nonfinance · financial · fintech · financescape · financist · antifinance · financer · neurofinance · FinOps · financialist · overfinance · nonfinancial · finanscape · financially · high finance · prefinance · tribunal of first instance · megafinance · structured finance · financeable · finance charge · decentralized finance · microfinance · cofinance · climate finance · technofinance · geofinance

Hyponyms

nursery finance · cyberfinance · corporate finance · e-finance · public finance · personal finance

Relateds

financier

Translations (122)

el χρηματοοικονομικά (monetary resources) · yi פֿינאַנצן (monetary resources) · mr वित्तव्यवस्था (management of money and other assets) · mk финансии (management of money and other assets) · nl financiën (science of management of money and other assets) · is efnahagur (monetary resources) · cy cyllid (management of money and other assets) · de Finanzen (management of money and other assets) · tr maliye (science of management of money and other assets) · mr वित्तीय साधन (monetary resources) · de Finanzwissenschaft (science of management of money and other assets) · uz moliya (management of money and other assets) · tg молия (management of money and other assets) · ja 金融 (management of money and other assets) · tr maliye (management of money and other assets) · ug مالىيە (management of money and other assets) · mr वित्तपुरवठा (monetary resources) · kk қаржы (management of money and other assets) · de Finanz (management of money and other assets) · et rahandus (management of money and other assets) · ps ماليه (management of money and other assets) · de Geldwesen (management of money and other assets) · az maliyyə (science of management of money and other assets) · fr finance (science of management of money and other assets) · ca finances (management of money and other assets) · sv finans (management of money and other assets) · el χρηματοοικονομικά (management of money and other assets) · ar تَمْوِيل (management of money and other assets) · ar مَوَّل (management of money and other assets) · lv finanses (management of money and other assets) · de Geldwesen (science of management of money and other assets) · tl pananalapi (monetary resources) · sk financie (management of money and other assets) · sl finance (management of money and other assets) · pt finanças (monetary resources) · it finanze (monetary resources) · my ဘဏ္ဍာ (management of money and other assets) · it finanza (science of management of money and other assets) · my ဘဏ္ဍာရေး (management of money and other assets) · he הון (monetary resources) · fi finanssioppi (science of management of money and other assets) · sq financë (management of money and other assets) · vi tài chính (management of money and other assets) · is fjármál (management of money and other assets) · tl pananalapi (management of money and other assets) · cs finance (management of money and other assets) · bg фина́нси (science of management of money and other assets) · bg фина́нси (monetary resources) · km ហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ (science of management of money and other assets) · ja ファイナンス (management of money and other assets) · ru фина́нсы (monetary resources) · fa-ira اِقْتِصاد (science of management of money and other assets) · bg фина́нси (management of money and other assets) · es finanza (management of money and other assets) · fi rahoitusoppi (science of management of money and other assets) · fr finance (management of money and other assets) · ar مَالِيَّة (management of money and other assets) · be фіна́нсы (management of money and other assets) · ko 재정 (management of money and other assets) · sh фина̀нсије (management of money and other assets) · cmn 財政 /财政 (management of money and other assets) · da finanser (management of money and other assets) · fi rahoitus (management of money and other assets) · ms kewangan (management of money and other assets) · gu નાણાંશાસ્ત્ર (science of management of money and other assets) · tr finans (management of money and other assets) · pt finanças (management of money and other assets) · ko 금융 (management of money and other assets) · he כְּסָפִים (science of management of money and other assets) · pt finanças (science of management of money and other assets) · lt finansai (management of money and other assets) · uz mablagʻ (management of money and other assets) · sh finànsije (management of money and other assets) · hy ֆինանսներ (management of money and other assets) · tl palasalapian (science of management of money and other assets) · tk maliýe (management of money and other assets) · de Finanzen (monetary resources) · ug مۇئامىلە (management of money and other assets) · he מימון (monetary resources) · cmn 金融 (management of money and other assets) · nl financiën (monetary resources) · bo དངུལ་རྩིས (management of money and other assets) · th การเงิน (management of money and other assets) · fi varat (monetary resources) · it finanza (management of money and other assets) · ur مالِیات (management of money and other assets) · az maliyyə (management of money and other assets) · nl financiën (management of money and other assets) · ar مَال (management of money and other assets) · uk фіна́нси (management of money and other assets) · ka ფინანსები (management of money and other assets) · hi वित्त (management of money and other assets) · ru фина́нсы (management of money and other assets) · he כספים (monetary resources) · ja 財政 (management of money and other assets) · is fjárhagur (monetary resources) · eo financoj (management of money and other assets) · pl finanse (management of money and other assets) · fa-ira مالِیِّه (management of money and other assets) · ky каржы (management of money and other assets) · yi פֿינאַנץ (management of money and other assets) · hy ֆինանսներ (monetary resources) · id keuangan (management of money and other assets) · mn санхүү (management of money and other assets) · hu pénzügyek (management of money and other assets) · lo ການເງິນ (management of money and other assets) · ro finanţa (management of money and other assets) · km ហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ (management of money and other assets) · kmr malî (management of money and other assets) · fi rahoitus (science of management of money and other assets) · ur فِنانْس (management of money and other assets) · fi rahavarat (monetary resources) · gl finanzas (management of money and other assets) · sh finàncije (management of money and other assets) · fi varainhoito (management of money and other assets) · ru фина́нсы (science of management of money and other assets) · de Geldwissenschaft (science of management of money and other assets) · sh фина̀нције (management of money and other assets) · he כְּסָפִים (management of money and other assets) · gv argidys (management of money and other assets) · nb finanser (management of money and other assets) · eo monaj aferoj (management of money and other assets)

finance en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /faɪˈnæns/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /fɪˈnæns/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈfaɪnæns/

Etymology

From Middle English finaunce, fynaunce, 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 that appeared c. 1400 was “ending”. The sense of “ending or satisfying a debt” originated from French influence: in the sense of “ransom” appeared in the mid 15th century, in the sense of “taxation” appeared in the late 15th century. In the sense of “manage money” first recorded c. 1770.

Meanings

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.
   • He financed his home purchase through a local credit union.
   • This is not a historical novel yet it is in a sense historical and contained within this book is a true story of how America was financed. 2011, Thomas W. Dombroski, How America Was Financed, page xi:
   • Therefore, when assets are examined together with other problems, such as one-sided contracts or delays in payment, the argument for financing construction projects is substantially weakened. 1995, A. D. F. Price, Financing International Projects, page 3:
   • 2000, G. Colombo, Sanctions and remedies in cases of illegal financing of political parties, Trading in Influence and the Illegal Financing of Political Parties, Third European Conference of Specialised Services in the Fight against Corruption, page 64, Indeed, it is a crime to finance or make contributions in any form to political parties, their factions, parliamentary groups, i.e. members of the Italian parliament (if they are Italian) and the European parliament, regional, provincial and town councillors, candidates in such offices, party leaders: […] .
   • His parents financed his college education.
4. (obsolete, transitive) To extort ransom from.

Forms

Deriveds

self-financing (verbs derived from “finance”) · self-finance (verbs derived from “finance”) · unfinanced (verbs derived from “finance”) · nonfinanced (verbs derived from “finance”) · refinance (verbs derived from “finance”) · underfinance (verbs derived from “finance”) · part-finance (verbs derived from “finance”) · underfinanced (verbs derived from “finance”)

Synonyms

fund · capitalize

Translations (42)

de finanzieren (to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking) · ja 資金を調達する (to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking) · da finansiere (to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking) · ca finançar (to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking) · sv finansiera (to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking) · nl financieren (to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking) · tr akçelemek (to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking) · cmn 融資 /融资 (to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking) · eo monsubteni (to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking) · ru профинанси́ровать (to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking) · fr financer (to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking) · ar مَوَّل (to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking) · it finanziare (to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking) · kk қаржыландыру (to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking) · uk профінансува́ти (to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking) · bg финанси́рам (to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking) · tr finanse etmek (to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking) · be фінансава́ць (to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking) · ru финанси́ровать (to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking) · eo financi (to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking) · cs financovat (to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking) · uk фінансува́ти (to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking) · fi rahoittaa (to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking) · cmn 撥款 /拨款 (to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking) · ko 융통하다 (to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking) · es financiar (to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking) · ga maoinigh (to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking) · pt financiar (to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking) · ja 融資する (to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking) · ko 융자하다 (to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking) · pl finansować (to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking) · mk финанси́ра (to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking) · el χρηματοδοτώ (to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking) · ko 꾸다 (to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking) · hy ֆինանսավորել (to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking) · be прафінансава́ць (to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking) · pl sfinansować (to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking) · gl financiar (to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking) · fo fíggja (to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking) · oc finançar (to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking) · sk financovať (to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking) · he מימן (to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking)