finance
noun
fi·nance
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Definition of finance
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
finances plural
: money or other liquid resources of a government, business, group, or individual
The library closed due to a lack of finances.
2
: the system that includes the circulation of money, the granting of credit, the making of investments, and the provision of banking facilities
3
: the science or study of the management of funds
An expert in finance predicts a global recession.
4
: the obtaining of funds or capital : financing
business expansion for which finance would otherwise be unavailable— F. D. Roosevelt
finance
verb
financed;
financing
Definition of finance (Entry 2 of 2)
1a
: to raise or provide funds or capital for
finance a new house
b
: to furnish with necessary funds
finance a son through college
2
: to sell something to on credit
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Synonyms & Antonyms for finance
Synonyms: Verb
bankroll, capitalize, endow, fund, stake, subsidize, underwrite
Antonyms: Verb
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Examples of finance in a Sentence
Noun
She's taking a course on personal finance. an expert in finance who predicts global economic disaster The library closed due to a lack of finances.Verb
His parents financed his college education. The study was financed by a government grant. They financed him to study abroad.
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Most of Uber’s Dallas employees will work in finance, human resources and sales, Miller said. — Melissa Repko, chicagotribune.com, "Uber makes it official: It will set up major hub in downtown Dallas by end of year," 27 Aug. 2019 Women in finance are 20% more likely to be fired following financial misconduct. — Reshma Saujani, Fortune, "Girls Who Code CEO: Men Need to Be Brave in the Service of Women," 20 Aug. 2019 The father of two received a bachelor’s degree and, later, his MBA in finance from the University of Toledo. — Greg Burnett, cleveland.com, "‘The Real Black Friday’ brings needed assistance to the urban business community," 16 Aug. 2019 Major players in finance take the possibility of Amazon, and other big tech companies, entering the industry very seriously. — Clare Duffy, CNN, "How Jeff Bezos changed the world," 16 Aug. 2019 But Beijing has extended punishment for U.S. companies by delaying customs clearance for their goods and delaying issuing licenses in finance and other fields. — CBS News, "Stocks whipsaw amid recession fears and China's retaliation threat," 15 Aug. 2019 My mom stayed at home to help raise the family, and my dad worked really hard in finance to provide for us all. — Katie Bain, Billboard, "20 Questions With Illenium: The Producer Discusses His Success, Sadboi Status & New Album 'Ascend'," 15 Aug. 2019 During his yearlong recovery, Winnegan graduated in December with a degree in finance and partnered with a friend from high school to begin developing a social media app. — Greg Luca, ExpressNews.com, "UTSA’s Winnegan returning from injury at new position," 13 Aug. 2019 Epstein's career in finance started at Bear Stearns, the investment banking firm that hired him away from his job teaching math at the tony Dalton School. — Author: Marc Fisher, Jonathan O'connell, Anchorage Daily News, "For 30 years, prosecutors and victims tried to hold Jeffrey Epstein to account. At every turn, he slipped away.," 10 Aug. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
The project will be financed by the government as well as through private-public partnerships. — Arys Aditya And Tassia Sipahutar / Bloomberg, Time, "Indonesia Plans to Move Its Capital to the Island of Borneo," 26 Aug. 2019 Jian sees the future of education being financed, in part, by schools and investors willing to share students’ financial risk by betting on prospects after graduation. — Michael J. Coren, Quartz, "Startups want to turn your tuition into the next asset class. What could go wrong?," 22 Aug. 2019 Sony would finance the movies, allowing it to retain the film rights to Spider-Man while getting the creative talents of Feige and his Marvel team to reboot the character after the diminishing returns of the Andrew Garfield iteration. — Dan Reilly, Fortune, "Spider-Man Far From the MCU, As Sony-Disney Deal Flounders," 21 Aug. 2019 The repairs have been financed in part by a grant from the County of San Diego and through a fundraising campaign. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Local Sierra Club marks environmental milestones," 21 Aug. 2019 In turn, Beijing will finance $2 billion worth of infrastructure projects that include rails, roads and bridge networks. — Alfred Oteng-yeboah, Quartz Africa, "Ghana’s pact with China for bauxite mining threatens to ravage a biodiverse forest," 21 Aug. 2019 In this new era, television producers, and the advertisers that drove and financed their shows, understood that TV could not only reflect reality, but also shape it. — Joanna Scutts, Curbed, "The shows we’ve lived by," 14 Aug. 2019 Pop is not in a position to finance a big campaign. — Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, "Emmys: Weighing the Odds in the Lead Comedy and Drama Actress Races," 8 Aug. 2019 Gun buybacks are financed by taxpayer dollars and are generally paid for by local agencies rather than through state or federal funding. — Lacey Wallace, The Conversation, "Could a national gun buyback program reduce the 393 million guns on America’s streets?," 4 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'finance.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for finance
finance
noun
English Language Learners Definition of finance
(Entry 1 of 2)
: the way in which money is used and handled
especially
: the way in which large amounts of money are used and handled by governments and companies
: money available to a government, business, or person
: matters relating to money and how it is spent or saved
finance
verbEnglish Language Learners Definition of finance (Entry 2 of 2)
: to provide money for (something or someone)
: to buy (something) by borrowing money that will be paid back over a period of time
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finance
noun