Finance : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Finance	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
finance n the commercial activity of providing funds and capital the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets the management of money and credit and banking and investments v obtain or provide money for; "Can we finance the addition to our home?" sell or provide on credit
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Finance \Finance"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Financed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Financing}.] To conduct the finances of; to provide for, and manage, the capital for; to financier. Securing foreign capital to finance* multitudinous undertakings. --B. H. Chamberlain.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Finance \Fi*nance"\, n. [F., fr. LL. financia payment of money, money, fr. finare to pay a fine or subsidy (cf. OF. finer to finish, pay), fr. L. finis end. See {Fine}, n., {Finish}.] 1. The income of a ruler or of a state; revennue; 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. [bd]Versed in the details of finance.[b8] --Macaulay.