fi·nance /fəˈnæn(t)s, ˈfaɪˌ, faɪˈ/
U財政,金融;財源,資金(vt.)供資金給,為…籌措資金
Fi·nance 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. “Versed in the details of finance.”
Fi·nance 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.
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finance
n 1: the commercial activity of providing funds and capital
2: the branch of economics that studies the management of money
and other assets
3: the management of money and credit and banking and
investments
v 1: obtain or provide money for; "Can we finance the addition to
our home?"
2: sell or provide on credit