finance
nounEtymology
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.
Definitions
The management of money and other assets.
- 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.
- Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend.
The science of management of money and other assets.
Monetary resources, especially those of a public entity or a company.
- Who's really in charge of a democracy's finances?
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The provision of a loan, payment instalment terms, or similar arrangement, to enable a…
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.
- Finance on all our new cars is provided by ABC Loans Ltd.
To conduct, or procure money for, financial operations
To conduct, or procure money for, financial operations; manage finances.
To pay ransom.
To manage financially
To manage financially; be financier for; 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.
- Therefore, when assets are examined together with other problems, such as one-sided contracts or delays in payment, the argument for financing construction projects is substantially weakened.
To extort ransom from.
The neighborhood
- neighborfinancier
- neighborcorporate finance
- neighborcyberfinance
- neighbore-finance
- neighbornursery finance
- neighborpersonal finance
- neighborpublic finance
Derived
antifinance, climate finance, cofinance, decentralized finance, financeable, finance charge, financer, financescape, financial, financialist, financially, financist, finanscape, FinOps, fintech, geofinance, high finance, megafinance, microfinance, neurofinance, nonfinance, nonfinancial, overfinance, prefinance, structured finance, technofinance, tribunal of first instance
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at finance. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at finance. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at finance
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA