Finance
[faɪ'næns;fɪ-;'faɪnæns] or ['faɪnæns]
Definition
(noun.) the commercial activity of providing funds and capital.
(noun.) the management of money and credit and banking and investments.
(noun.) the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets.
(verb.) obtain or provide money for; 'Can we finance the addition to our home?'.
(verb.) sell or provide on credit.
Editor: Samantha--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The income of a ruler or of a state; revennue; public money; sometimes, the income of an individual; often used in the plural for funds; available money; resources.
(n.) The science of raising and expending the public revenue.
Typed by Carlyle
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Revenue, money, money matters.
Editor: Thea
Definition
n. money affairs or revenue esp. of a ruler or state: public money: the art of managing or administering the public money.—v.t. to manage financially to furnish with sums of money.—adj. Finan′cial pertaining to finance.—n. Finan′cialist a financier.—adv. Finan′cially.—n. Financier′ one skilled in finance: an officer who administers the public revenue.—v.i. and v.t. to finance.
Checker: Zachariah
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. The art or science of managing revenues and resources for the best advantage of the manager. The pronunciation of this word with the i long and the accent on the first syllable is one of America's most precious discoveries and possessions.
Typist: Rodger
Examples
- After the fall of Carthage the Roman imagination went wild with the hitherto unknown possibilities of finance. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He had a great deal of difficulty in forming a company to finance it, but he was a man of much perseverance, and at length he succeeded. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- She found in an upper-class official, Calonne, her ideal minister of finance. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Its control over finance has spread until now it affects the whole country and is a rival of the great financial centers of Europe. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Caillaux, the minister of finance, brought these to a climax in March; Britain, all Germany was assured, was on the verge of a civil war in Ireland. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They have taken a great part in the day’s work of modern business, and it would be hard to imagine how the world’s finance and industry could be handled without them. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- No such development of finance occurred in China. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Hubbard had advertised Bell’s telephone, Sanders had financed it, and now Vail pushed it on the market. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- And it was from the gifts bestowed upon him towards the execution of this benevolent purpose, that he recruited his finances, as just now observed. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- At evening he crawled slowly back; and he used to go of nights to a little club at a tavern, where he disposed of the finances of the nation. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The people concerned in the finances, the farmers-general, the receivers of the taxes which are not in farm, the court-bankers, etc. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The persons employed in the finances, fleets, and magistracy, are instances of this order of men. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The finances of France seem, in their present state, to admit of three very obvious reformations. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In France, where there is no bank, the state bills (billets d'etat {See Examen des Reflections Politiques sur les Finances. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- My finances were now sinking very low. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The next matter was the financing of the trip, about which Mr. Edison asked in a tentative way about the rates to the East. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I did whatever he told me, and looked after all kinds of affairs, from buying his clothes to financing his business. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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