finance
noun
[ ˈfʌɪnans ]
• the management of large amounts of money, especially by governments or large companies.
• "the firm's finance department"
Similar:
financial affairs,
money matters,
pecuniary matters,
fiscal matters,
economics,
money management,
commerce,
business,
investment,
banking,
accounting,
finance
verb
• provide funding for (a person or enterprise).
• "the health service is financed almost entirely by the taxpayer"
Similar:
fund,
pay for,
back,
capitalize,
provide capital/security for,
endow,
subsidize,
invest in,
underwrite,
guarantee,
furnish credit for,
sponsor,
act as guarantor of,
support,
foot the bill for,
pick up the tab for,
bankroll,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, from finer ‘make an end, settle a debt’, from fin ‘end’ (see fine2). The original sense was ‘payment of a debt, compensation, or ransom’; later ‘taxation, revenue’. Current senses date from the 18th century, and reflect sense development in French.
