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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Finance \Fi*nance"\, noun [F., fr. LL. financia payment of money, money, fr. finare to pay a fine or subsidy (cf. OF. finer to finish, pay), fr. L. finis end. See {Fine}, noun, {Finish}.]
1. The income of a ruler or of a state; revenue; public money; sometimes, the income of an individual; often used in the plural for funds; available money; resources.
All the finances or revenues of the imperial crown. --Bacon.
2. The science of raising and expending the public revenue. ''Versed in the details of finance.'' --Macaulay.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Finance \Fi*nance"\, verb (used with an object) & i. [imp. & p. p. {Financed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Financing}.] To conduct the finances of; to provide for, and manage, the capital for; to financier.
Securing foreign capital to finance multitudinous undertakings. --B. H. Chamberlain. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
finance
noun
1: the commercial activity of providing funds and capital
2: the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets
3: the management of money and credit and banking and investments
verb
1: obtain or provide money for; "Can we finance the addition to our home?"
2: sell or provide on credit
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
79 Moby Thesaurus words for "finance": 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, 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
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
FINANCE, noun The art or science of managing revenues and resources for the best advantage of the manager. The pronunciation of this word with the i long and the accent on the first syllable is one of America's most precious discoveries and possessions.
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