finance
NOUN:
1. the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.
2. the system of money, credit, etc, esp with respect to government revenues and expenditures.
3. funds or the provision of funds.
4. the system that includes the circulation of money, the granting of credit, the making of investments, and the provision of banking facilities.
5. the science or study of the management of funds:
An expert in finance predicts a global recession.
6. the obtaining of funds or capital; financing:
business expansion for which finance would otherwise be unavailable —F. D. Roosevelt.
Examples:
She's taking a course on personal finance; an expert in finance who predicts global economic disaster. —Merriam-Webster.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English finaunce<Anglo-French, Middle French finance, equivalent to fin(er) to end, settle, pay (see fine2) + -ance-ance. British dictionary: C14: from Old French, from finer to end, settle by payment. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of finance: Noun: 1739. Verb: 1866. History and Etymology for finance: Noun: borrowed from French finances, going back to Middle French, "monetary resources, revenue," in singular, "money, resource," from finer "to pay by way of settlement, make a payment" (derivative of fin "final agreement, payment, fine entry 3") + -ance -ance. Note: In the current senses, finance is borrowed directly from French, though the word existed in English with early senses going back to medieval French; cf. Middle English fynaunce "ending, outcome, monetary payment, ransom," borrowed from Anglo-French in these senses. Verb: derivative of finance entry 1. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Added: 23 August 2020 {11:44 AM}
1. the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.
2. the system of money, credit, etc, esp with respect to government revenues and expenditures.
3. funds or the provision of funds.
4. the system that includes the circulation of money, the granting of credit, the making of investments, and the provision of banking facilities.
5. the science or study of the management of funds:
An expert in finance predicts a global recession.
6. the obtaining of funds or capital; financing:
business expansion for which finance would otherwise be unavailable —F. D. Roosevelt.
Examples:
She's taking a course on personal finance; an expert in finance who predicts global economic disaster. —Merriam-Webster.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English finaunce<Anglo-French, Middle French finance, equivalent to fin(er) to end, settle, pay (see fine2) + -ance-ance. British dictionary: C14: from Old French, from finer to end, settle by payment. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of finance: Noun: 1739. Verb: 1866. History and Etymology for finance: Noun: borrowed from French finances, going back to Middle French, "monetary resources, revenue," in singular, "money, resource," from finer "to pay by way of settlement, make a payment" (derivative of fin "final agreement, payment, fine entry 3") + -ance -ance. Note: In the current senses, finance is borrowed directly from French, though the word existed in English with early senses going back to medieval French; cf. Middle English fynaunce "ending, outcome, monetary payment, ransom," borrowed from Anglo-French in these senses. Verb: derivative of finance entry 1. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Added: 23 August 2020 {11:44 AM}