finances
PLURAL NOUN:
1. the monetary resources, as of a government, company, organization, or individual; revenue.
2. funds; financial condition.
3. money or other liquid resources of a government, business, group, or individual:
The library closed due to a lack of finances.
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 monetary resources, as of a government, company, organization, or individual; revenue.
2. funds; financial condition.
3. money or other liquid resources of a government, business, group, or individual:
The library closed due to a lack of finances.
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}