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Pronunciation
fi·nance
AHD: /fīn�ns/
IPA|/�faɪ.næns/ or /f��næns/

FAI-nans
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-æns|-æns

Etymology
From MF. #French|finance, from L. financius

Noun
en-noun

1. The income of a ruler or of a state; revenue; public money; sometimes, the income of an individual; often used in the plural for funds; available money; resources.
2. The science of raising and expending the public revenue.

Usage notes
4th Century BCE - Wikipedia:Aristotle|Aristotle - Wikipedia:Politics (Aristotle)|Politics, Book I, Part XI,
:"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."

Translations
trans-top|The income of a ruler or of a state
French: t+|fr|finances|f|p
German: Finanzen f|p
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trans-top|The science of raising and expending the public revenue
French: t+|fr|finance|f
German: t-|de|Finanzwissenschaft|f
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Verb
en-verb|financ|ing

1. To borrow or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking.

#: His parents financed his college education.
#: He financed his home purchase through a local credit union.

Translations
trans-top|To borrow or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking
French: t+|fr|financer
German: t-|de|finanzieren
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Japanese: Jpan|���� (Jpan|�����, yūshisuru), Jpan|���調��� (Jpan|�����������, shikin wo ch�tatsusuru)
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ttbc|Belarusian: Ф�нан�� (finans'i)
ttbc|Chinese: ��学 (??xue)
ttbc|Dutch: t|nl|financiën|c
ttbc|Greek: ��ημα�οοικονομικά (chrimatooikonomika or hrimatoikonomika) f (:el:Χ�ημα�οοικονομικά|el)
ttbc|Italian: finanza f
ttbc|Latin: financius m?
ttbc|Spanish: finanza? f
ttbc|Thai: �าร��ิ�
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Related terms
financial

References
R:American Heritage 2000|finance
R:Dictionary.com|finance
R:WordNet 2003|finance
R:Kernerman|finance

French

Etymology
From L. financius

Noun
fr-noun|f

1. #Noun|finance

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