finance
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From Middle English finaunce, from Anglo-Norman, Middle French finance, from finer (“to pay ransom”) (whence also English fine (“to pay a penalty”)), from fin (“end”), from Latin fīnis.[1][2]
Original English sense c. 1400 was “ending”. Sense of “ending/satisfying a debt” came from French influence: in sense of “ransom” mid 15th century, in sense of “taxation” late 15th century. In sense of “manage money” first recorded 1770.[1]
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finance (plural finances)
- The management of money and other assets.
- 1908, Aristotle, The works of Aristotle translated into English, volume 10, translation of Politics by John Alexander Smith, William David Ross, published 4th Century BCE:
- And statesmen as well ought to know these things; for a state is often as much in want of money and of such devices for obtaining it as a household, or even more so; hence some public men devote themselves entirely to finance.
- 1908, Aristotle, The works of Aristotle translated into English, volume 10, translation of Politics by John Alexander Smith, William David Ross, published 4th Century BCE:
- The science of management of money and other assets.
- (usually in plural) the monetary resources, especially those of a public entity or a company.
- Who's really in charge of a democracy's finances?
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management of money and other assets
science of management of money and other assets
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monetary resources
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finance (third-person singular simple present finances, present participle financing, simple past and past participle financed)
- To provide or obtain funding for a transaction or undertaking; to back; to support.
- His parents financed his college education.
- He financed his home purchase through a local credit union.
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to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “finance” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001
- ^ “finance” in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
- “finance” in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
- “finance” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
- "finance" in WordNet 3.0, Princeton University, 2006.
- "finance" in the Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version), K Dictionaries limited, 2000-2006.
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finance
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finance
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From Latin financius
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finance f. (plural finances)
