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. |
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. |
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 |