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Finance

Origin

Origin: late Middle English: from Old French, from finer ‘make an end, settle a debt’, from fin ‘end’ (see fine II). The original sense was ‘payment of a debt, compensation, or ransom’; later ‘taxation, revenue’. Current senses date from the 18th cent., and reflect sense development in French

Finance

• When someone finances something such as a project or a purchase, they provide the money that is needed to pay for them.

• Finance is the commercial or government activity of managing money, debt, credit, and investment.

• You can refer to the amount of money that you have and how well it is organized as your finances.

• 1) the system of money, credit, etc., esp with respect to government revenues and expenditures

• 2) funds or the provision of funds • 3) (plural) funds; financial condition • 4) to provide or obtain funds, capital, or credit

for • 5) to manage or secure financial resources

• 1) The practice of manipulating and managing money.

• 2) The capital involved in a project, especially the capital that has to be raised to start a new business.

• 3) A loan of money for a particular purpose, especially by a finance house .

• 4) An academic discipline within the general field of economics dealing with funding, financial markets, and the funding implications for managing businesses.

• the management of large amounts of money, especially by governments or large companies: [as modifier] the firm's finance department

• ■ monetary support for an enterprise the clearing banks are important sources of finance

• ■ (finances) the monetary resources and affairs of a state, organization, or person the club's finances are stretched to the limit

• 2. [with obj.] provide funding for (a person or enterprise)

• The practice of manipulating and managing money. The capital involved in a project, especially the capital that has to be raised to start a new business. A loan of money for a particular purpose, especially by a finance house An academic discipline within the general field of economics dealing with funding, financial markets, and the funding implications for managing businesses.

Sources:

• OxfordAmericanDictionary.• OxfordAmericanThesaurus.• OxfordBusinessAndManagement.• OxfordFinanceAndBanking.• http://www.wikipedia.com

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