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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Finance

/fən-ăns'/ · Fi·nance · IPA /fɪˈnæns/
01 n. 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; ava…
  1. 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. 2.
    The science of raising and expending the public revenue.
02 v. t. & i. To conduct the finances of; to provide for, and manage, the capital for; to financier.
imp. & p. p. Financed; p. pr. & vb. n. Financing
  1. 1.
    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.