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finance

finance

169 3.6
The business of giving money to companies, projects, or people
  • noun
  • /ˈfaɪnæns/
translation icon : finanzas
  • How about the world of high finance?
  • business and finance
  • trade and finance
  • international finance

And then we invented equity finance because bonds were not enough.

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Examples

  • Indian companies have been successfully raising finance from the City of London.

  • Industrial finance programs could include micro-finance for village-based businesses, guild-based businesses, and women- and minority-based businesses.

    Academic text (2011)
  • We'll seek alternative means of finance.

  • New York State has personal finance standards in high school, although the standards are not required to be implemented.

    Academic text (2011)
  • There is no doubt that global finance is in a transformational moment.

    Academic text (2008)
  • The present research examined some of the important variables affecting personal finance knowledge among college students.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Yet, each of these sources of finance in low-income countries is problematic.

    Academic text (2008)
  • The questionnaire solicited trustee opinions on selected finance, governance, and educational issues.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Angels, meet Vivian Wu, vice president of finance for Knox Technologies.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • Many startups rely on venture capital to finance their operations and growth.

Synonyms

financing
vsfinance
179 3.2

Giving money for a certain purpose, for example starting a business or buying a house

is the broader commercial activity covering many funding operations

Compounds

72 4.2

A government official who manages a country's money, taxes and spending

A government person who manages a country's money, taxes, and spending

A group of people who decide about an organization's money

A business that lends money to people or small businesses

3 6.2

Large, complicated money deals that happen between big banks, companies, and governments

corporate finance
  • Specialized
2 4.1

The decisions and plans a company makes about money and investments

1 3.7

A business that lends money to people who cannot get loans from banks

6.1

Company owned by a maker that gives loans to dealers or buyers to buy its products

5.5

A company that lends money to businesses like manufacturers or wholesalers

An agency of the World Bank Group that gives money to private companies and guarantees loans to support development

Advice on managing your own money, for example saving and budgeting

sales finance company
  • Specialized
6.0

A company that buys monthly payment agreements from stores and collects payments from customers

How Funded

to bail out
84 3.7
to recapitalize
  • Specialized
5 6.9
finance
169 3.6
to fund
576 3.0
underfunding
3 3.8

Surface Forms

finance singular
finances plural

Etymology

Finance originally meant a payment and comes from Latin finis meaning 'end' or 'to finish', since giving money could 'finish' a debt. That's why finance today can mean the business activity of providing money to projects or companies.