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Definition of Finances
Finance Finance Fi*nance", v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Financed; p. pr.
& vb. n. Financing.]
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.
Finance Finance Fi*nance", n. [F., fr. LL. financia payment of money,
money, fr. finare to pay a fine or subsidy (cf. OF. finer to
finish, pay), fr. L. finis end. See Fine, n., Finish.]
1. The income of a ruler or of a state; revennue; 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. The science of raising and expending the public revenue.
``Versed in the details of finance.' --Macaulay.