FCI

Noun

finance (countable and uncountable, plural finances)

1. 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.4th century BCE, Aristotle, Politics, volume book I, part XI; republished as John Alexander Smith, William David Ross, transl., The works of Aristotle translated into English, volume 10, 1908
2. The science of management of money and other assets.
3. (plural-normally) Monetary resources, especially those of a public entity or a company.
   • Who's really in charge of a democracy's finances?
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.
   • Finance on all our new cars is provided by ABC Loans Ltd.

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