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high finance

high finance noun: finance focused on large-scale operations involving substantial amounts of capital.

Noun

high finance (uncountable)

  1. Finance focused on large-scale operations involving substantial amounts of capital.

Origin of high finance

Calque of French haute finance.

Questions about high finance

What does high finance mean?
High finance means finance focused on large-scale operations involving substantial amounts of capital.
What part of speech is high finance?
High finance is a noun.

Words near high finance in the dictionary

  1. high fantasies
  2. high fantasy
  3. high fashion
  4. High Fens
  5. high fidelity
  6. high finance
  7. high five
  8. high fived
  9. high fives
  10. high fiving
  11. high flier

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