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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Finance \Fi*nance"\, v. t. & 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Finance \Fi*nance"\, n. [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}, n., {Finish}.] 1. The income of a ruler or of a state; revennue; 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: finance n 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 v 1: obtain or provide money for "Can we finance the addition to our home?" 2: sell or provide on credit From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: FINANCE, n. 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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