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noun / verb

finance

FY-nans/ˈfaɪnæns/

Managing or providing money for activities and expenses.

The manager handles finance by organizing funds into budget categories.

A financial manager allocates cash into separate budget trays while checking a calculator and a simple financial chart, making active money management—not payment or shopping—the central action.
Etymology
finOld Frenchend, settle a debt
+anceOld Frenchaction or result

To settle a debt was to bring it to an end by paying what was due. Finance developed from that ending or payment into the broader management of money.

In context

EduSphere0:59
Finally, public finance. This one's all about government money. It deals with how the government collects revenue through taxes and allocates funds for public services like infrastructure education and healthcare.
What is Finance In Simple Words.

More examples

  • She works in finance.
  • They reviewed the project's finances.
  • The expansion was financed through a loan.

Forms

finance · finances · financed · financing

financial adjective — relating to money

Similar words

fund
Provide money for a purpose.
bankroll
Pay the costs, often informally.