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Definition finance

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 f?nis.

Original English sense c. 1400 was “ending”. Sense of “ending/satisfying a debt” came from French influence: in sense of “ransom” mid 15th century, in sense of “taxation” late 15th century. In sense of “manage money” first recorded 1770.

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.

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.
4. (transitive, obsolete) To extort ransom from.

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