Finance

Noun

 * 1) The management of money and other assets.
 * 2) The science of management of money and other assets.
 * 3) In plural (finances), the monetary resources, especially those of a public entity or a company.

Verb

 * 1) To provide or obtain funding for a transaction or undertaking; to back; to support.

Adverbs for Finance
soundly; scientifically; ceremoniously; pragmatically; ingenuously; professionally; unscrupulously; unethically; ingeniously.

Thesaurus
funds, give support, go Dutch, grubstake, help, hold up, holdings, honor a bill, invest in, investment, keep, lend support, maintain, money, patronize, pay for, pay the bill, pay the bills, pay the piper, pension, pension off, promote, prop, prop up, provide for, redeem, refinance, reinforce, resources, set up, shore, shore up, sponsor, stake, stand the costs, subsidize, subvene, subvention, subventionize, support, sustain, undergird, underwrite, upbear, uphold, upkeep, wealth, wherewithal, accounting, acknowledge, afford support, aid, angel, assets, assist, back, bank, banking, bankroll, bear, bear out, bear the expense, bear up, bolster, bolster up, business, buttress, capital, capitalize, cash, chip in, commerce, crutch, defray, defray expenses, economics, finances, foot the bill, fund,

Etymology
From finaunce:, from,  finance, from finer: (from whence also English fine:), from fin:, from  finis:.

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.

Derived terms

 * corporate finance
 * financial
 * personal finance
 * public finance

Noun

 * Arabic: تمويل, مالية,  مول,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 財政, 财政,
 * Dutch: financiering
 * Finnish:, varainhoito


 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Japanese: 財政, ,
 * Russian: финансы


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, rahoitusoppi


 * French:
 * German: ,


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, rahavarat


 * German:


 * : financo

Verb

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (gòng zī jīng gěi)
 * Czech: financovat
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:


 * Hebrew:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: (, yūshisuru),  (, shikin wo chōtatsusuru)
 * Korean: 융자하다
 * Polish: finansować
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: финансировать
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * : Фінансы (finans'i)
 * : χρηματοοικονομικά (chrimatooikonomika or hrimatoikonomika) (el)
 * : finanziare
 * : financius ?
 * : การเงิน

Noun

 * 1) finances

Related terms

 * finanční
 * finančník
 * financovat

Adverb

 * 1) financially

Etymology
From financius

Noun

 * 1) finance