finance
1. [ verb ] (finance) obtain or provide money for
Examples:

"Can we finance the addition to our home?"

Related terms: pay back refinance seed fund financing
2. [ noun ] (finance,business) the commercial activity of providing funds and capital
Related terms: commercial_enterprise investing financing high_finance banking corporate_finance flotation
3. [ verb ] (accounting) sell or provide on credit
Related terms: credit
4. [ noun ] (economics) the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets
Related terms: economics long short quaestor capital_account accumulation short
5. [ noun ] (business) the management of money and credit and banking and investments
Related terms: management banking
Similar spelling:   finances
  financed
  financier
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