Definition of finance Finance

/fʌnæˈns/ - [funans] - fi•nance

We found 16 definitions of finance from 7 different sources.

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Noun

Plural: finances

finance - the commercial activity of providing funds and capital
  business enterprise, commercial enterprise, business the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business"
  corporate finance the financial activities of corporation
  financing, funding the act of financing
  high finance large and complex financial transactions (often used with the implication that those individuals or institutions who engage in them are unethical)
  investing, investment the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit
  floatation, flotation financing a commercial enterprise by bond or stock shares
finance - the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets
  economic science, economics, political economy the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management
finance - the management of money and credit and banking and investments
  management, direction the act of managing something; "he was given overall management of the program"; "is the direction of the economy a function of government?"
  finance the commercial activity of providing funds and capital

Verb

finances, financing, financed  

finance - obtain or provide money for; "Can we finance the addition to our home?"
  pay bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action; "You'll pay for this!"; "She had to pay the penalty for speaking out rashly"; "You'll pay for this opinion later"
  seed remove the seeds from; "seed grapes"
  back strengthen by providing with a back or backing
  refinance renew the financing of
  fund furnish money for; "The government funds basic research in many areas"
finance - sell or provide on credit
  credit have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • finance (Noun)
    The management of money and other assets.
  • finance (Noun)
    The science of management of money and other assets.
  • finance (Noun)
    The monetary resources, especially those of a public entity or a company.
  • finance (Verb)
    To provide or obtain funding for a transaction or undertaking; to back; to support.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • finance (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.
  • finance (n.)
    The science of raising and expending the public revenue.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • finance
    To borrow or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking.
  • finance
    The science that studies the management of money and other assets.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • finance
    fi-nans′, 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. [Fr.,—Low L. financia—Low L. fināre, to pay a fine—finis. See Fine (2).]

Wikipedia Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • Some simple finance ideas.

    The process of finance is learning how people and groups act in managing their money, and most of all how they manage making money, and making a profit, with spending money, and making a loss.

    A group that makes more money than it spends can lend or invest the excess profit. On the other hand, a group that makes less money than it spends can raise money by getting a loan or selling stock, or spending less, or making more money.

    A bank is where many people borrowing money meet people lending money. A bank gets money from lenders, and pays interest. The bank then lends this money to borrowers. Banks allow borrowers and lenders of different sizes to meet.

    Corporate finance is about things like the sale of stock by a company to the public. Stock is ownership in a company, broken up into pieces. The stock gives whoever owns it part ownership in that company. If someone buys one share of XYZ Inc, and the company has 100 shares available, the buyer is 1/100th owner of that company and owns 1/100th (1%) of the profit.

    Finance is used by people, by governments, by businesses, etc., as well as by all kinds of groups.

    Business finance.

    Business finance is about finding money for the companies activities. It studies trying to make more profit than loss, and taking good risks for the chance to make more money.

    Financial economics.

    Financial economics is the study of economics which is important to financial things like changes in price and supply of goods.

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  • finance, verb, present, 1st person singular of finance (infinitive).
  • finance, verb (infinitive).
  • finance, noun, singular of finances.

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