finance
Syllables: fi·nance/ˈfaɪnæns//fɪˈnæns/
finance noun: the management of money and other assets.
Noun
finance (countable and uncountable, plural finances)
- 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
- 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.2013 June 1, “End of the peer show”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 71
- 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?
- 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.
Verb
finance (third-person singular simple present finances, present participle financing, simple past and past participle financed)
- To conduct, or procure money for, financial operations; manage finances.
- To pay ransom.
- 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.
- Synonyms:
- fund, capitalize
- To extort ransom from.
finance meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
finance in Hindi
- management of money and other assets
- वित्त vitt
finance in Tamil
- நிதி, பணம் பற்றிய, நிதியகம்
finance in Marathi
- management of money and other assets
- वित्तव्यवस्था vittavyavasthā
- monetary resources
- वित्तपुरवठा vittapuravṭhā, वित्तीय साधन vittīy sādhan
finance in Urdu
- management of money and other assets
- فِنانْس fināns, مالِیات māliyāt
More languagesFewer languages
- finance in Bengali
- আর্থিক সংস্থান, আর্থিক ব্যাপার, আর্থিক রাজস্ব, টাকা দেওয়া
- finance in Telugu
- ఫైనాన్స్
- finance in Malayalam
- സാമ്പത്തികം sāmpattikaṁ
- finance in Kannada
- ಹಣಕಾಸು, ರಾಜ್ಯದ ವರಮಾನ, ಆಯ, ಹಣದ ಬೆಂಬಲ
- finance in Punjabi
- ਵਿੱਤ
- finance in Gujarati
- નાણાંશાસ્ત્ર nāṇā̃śāstra
- finance in Nepali
- वित्त
- finance in Pashto
- ماليه mālyá
- finance in Tagalog
- pananalapi, palasalapian
- finance in Arabic
- تَمْوِيل tamwīl, مَالِيَّة māliyya, مَوَّل mawwal, مَال māl
- finance in Malay
- kewangan
- finance in Indonesian
- keuangan
- finance in Thai
- การเงิน gaan-ngən
- finance in Vietnamese
- tài chính
- finance in Myanmar
- ဘဏ္ဍာ bhanda, ဘဏ္ဍာရေး bhandare:
Examples of finance in a sentence
- Jupiter became the nickname of John Pierpont Morgan in late 19th century finance.
- He went over to the finance department's side in this dispute.
- It'll depend on the state of my finances at the end of the month.
Synonyms of finance
Forms of finance
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | finances |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | finances |
| present participle | financing |
| past participle | financed |
| past | financed |
Origin of finance
From Middle English finaunce, fynaunce, 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.
Words formed from finance
- nonfinanced
- part-finance
- refinance
- self-finance
- self-financing
- underfinance
- underfinanced
- unfinanced
- 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
Phrases with finance
Words that rhyme with finance
3 more rhymesFewer rhymes
Questions about finance
- What does finance mean?
- Finance means the management of money and other assets.
- What is finance in Hindi?
- Finance in Hindi is वित्त (vitt). See Finance meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is finance?
- Finance can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce finance?
- Finance is pronounced /fɪˈnæns/ (UK).
- What is the plural of finance?
- The plural of finance is finances.
Words near finance in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: finance (page history and authors); finance (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); finance (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); finance (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); സാമ്പത്തികം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); finance (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); finance (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); finance (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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