Finance
WordNet
noun
(1) The commercial activity of providing funds and capital
(2) The management of money and credit and banking and investments
(3) The branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets
verb
(4) Obtain or provide money for
"Can we finance the addition to our home?"
(5) Sell or provide on credit
WiktionaryText
Noun
- The management of money and other assets.
- The science of management of money and other assets.
- In plural (finances), the monetary resources, especially those of a public entity or a company.
Usage notes
4th Century BCE - Aristotle - Politics, Book I, Part XI,
- "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."
Verb
- To provide or obtain funding for a transaction or undertaking.
- His parents financed his college education.
- He financed his home purchase through a local credit union.