Finance

n.	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. All the finances or revenues of the imperial crown. - Bacon.
	2.	The science of raising and expending the public revenue.
v. t. & i.	1.	To conduct the finances of; to provide for, and manage, the capital for; to financier. [imp. & p. p. Financed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Financing.] Securing foreign capital to finance multitudinous undertakings. - B. H. Chamberlain.

Noun	1.	finance - the commercial activity of providing funds and capital
	2.	finance - the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets
	3.	finance - the management of money and credit and banking and investments
Verb	1.	finance - obtain or provide money for; "Can we finance the addition to our home?"
	2.	finance - sell or provide on credit

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