finance

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English

Etymology

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. 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaɪnæns/, /faɪˈnæns/, /fɪˈnæns/
• Hyphenation: fi‧nance
• Rhymes: -æns

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.

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.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

• financier

Translations

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

   • 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: […] .
4. (transitive, obsolete) To extort ransom from.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• Appendix:Glossary of finance

References

• “finance”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• "finance" in the Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version), K Dictionaries limited, 2000-2006.

Further reading

• finance on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Finanzen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɪnant͡sɛ]

Noun

finance f pl (related adjective finanční)

1. finances

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

• “finance”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “finance”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “finance”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Esperanto

Adverb

finance

1. financially

French

Etymology

From Old French finer (“to pay”) + -ance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.nɑ̃s/
• Rhymes: -ɑ̃s

Noun

finance f (plural finances)

1. finance

Derived terms

• financer

Descendants

• → Danish: finans
• → Norwegian Bokmål: finans
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: finans

Further reading

• “finance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.