finances Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun assets in the form of money
    funds; cash in hand; pecuniary resource; monetary resource.
  2. noun the commercial activity of providing funds and capital
    finance.
  3. noun the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets
    finance.
  4. noun the management of money and credit and banking and investments
    finance.
  5. verb obtain or provide money for
    finance.
    • Can we finance the addition to our home?
  6. verb sell or provide on credit
    finance.

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